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Articles By Joel R. McConvey

Joel McConvey is a creative content producer and digital specialist who helps people and organizations tell their story across platforms, and meet the challenges of a digital culture that changes quickly and often. Reach him on Twitter @jrmcconvey.

 

Idemia responds to termination of contract with Airports Company South Africa

Following yesterday’s report on the cancellation of Idemia’s biometrics contract with South Africa’s airport authority, the French firm has issued…

 

ACLU takes aim at police use of FRT in California, Maryland and Minnesota

Across the U.S., policy blows are being exchanged over the use of facial recognition by state police. As law enforcement…

 

Sumsub first vendor to be awarded new Global Digital Identity Certification

Sumsub has become the first identity verification provider to complete the pilot of the new Global Digital Identity Certification (GDIC)…

 

Suprema’s BioStation 3 gets biometric PAD level 1 conformance stamp from iBeta

Suprema’s facial authentication access control product, BioStation 3, has achieved conformance with level 1 of the ISO/IEC 30107-3 Biometric Presentation…

 

Tech lobby group’s appeal on kids online safety law denied

In a win for age verification providers and advocates, the lobby group representing many of the world’s largest and richest…

 

Login.gov records state-level wins amid wider efforts to achieve IAL2 status

Amid struggles in meeting National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identity verification standards, the Login.gov single-sign-on portal has expanded…

 

Australia digital ID needs cost analysis and better communications: ASPI

Australia’s new digital identity system could be great, but implementation is key: so says a new policy brief from the…

 

Idemia contract with South Africa airport authority terminated

Idemia’s major contract to supply biometrics and facial recognition systems for South Africa’s airports has been canceled, after months of…

 

More Latin American regulators suspicious of Worldcoin data collection practices

In attempting to establish its World ID protocol and WLD cryptocurrency, much-interrogated iris biometrics scheme Worldcoin may have to settle…

 

mDLs officially come to Google Wallet in California

California is now one of four U.S. states to offer a mobile driver’s license (mDL) in Google Wallet. Governor Gavin…

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