fidentity adds Keyless’ biometric authentication to extend identity lifecycle
UK-based Keyless and fidentity have formed a strategic partnership to combine their identity verification technologies for a more secure and…
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Facial recognition by UK law enforcement raising concerns for privacy watchdogs
The London Metropolitan police’s use of facial recognition for what it calls “precision policing” based on “bespoke” watchlists has resulted…
Portugal orders Worldcoin to stop collecting iris biometrics for 90 days
Portugal’s data regulator, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), has imposed a 90-day suspension on Worldcoin’s biometric data…
EU digital wallet framework finally adopted for digital ID ‘paradigm shift’
The European Council has formally adopted a new framework for a European Digital Identity Wallets (EUDIWs) that will allow citizens…
Preventing AI-assisted deepfake fraud is becoming a major commercial industry
Deepfakes have become the latest technically challenging threat for the biometric security sector, as researchers and developers push fraud-protection tools…
New tool from Attain Insight strips PII from biometrics to enable compliant sharing
Attain Insight, an Ottawa, Canada-based data security and analytics firm that provides services for identity resolution and compliance, has launched…
Westminster Forum talks digital ID regulation, rollout and security
Digital Identity is the focal point of the latest Westminster Forum policy conference, for which key stakeholders and policymakers in…
US airlines face review of personal information and data collection practices
The U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) is undertaking a privacy review of the country’s ten largest airlines to ensure proper…
Wave of age verification laws sweeps the US, bringing opportunity for biometrics
The United States continues to see a legislative push to make XXX adult content sites exclusive to adults through the…
Launch of NFID Foundation puts focus on SSI in the security industry
Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) has a new advocacy group, with the launch of the NFID Foundation, a non-profit consortium that promotes…
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