Papua New Guinea, Kurdistan prepare for biometric elections; Guyana takes a pause
Biometric voter registration systems have been gaining ground in countries around the world – but still remain a point of…
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Masha Borak is a technology journalist. Her work has appeared in Wired, Business Insider, Rest of World, and other media outlets. Previously she reported for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Reach out to her at masha@biometricupdate.com.
Ukraine prepares law to unify its biometric surveillance systems
Ukraine is preparing a law that will help it unify its public video surveillance system – and sparking concerns among…
Tech industry group pushes back against Ofcom age assurance guidance
Industry-funded consortium Digital Trust & Safety Partnership (DTSP), which includes members such as Google, Meta, Microsoft and Apple, has pushed…
Iceland updates ID cards as Frontex warns of document fraud in EU
Frontex detected 22,300 fraudulent identity documents on the EU’s external borders in 2023, while Greece just seized almost 5,000 in…
Biometrics is not enough: Salesforce exec on enterprise MFA and digital identity
Over the past years, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has spread across the world, entering every industry and reaching thousands of users….
Norwegian BankID digital ID now biometric, available on smartphones
Norway’s biggest digital identity provider, BankID, is coming to smartphones. Starting on Monday, the platform is rolling out a feature…
Delhi airport adds more Digi Yatra checkpoints amid concerns over security breaches
India’s largest airport has unveiled a new expansion and with it, more checkpoints utilizing biometric security clearance system Digi Yatra….
Worldcoin fights Spanish regulator’s ban in court
After the Spanish data protection regulator temporarily banned Worldcoin from collecting personal information last week, the biometric-based cryptocurrency and proof-of-personhood…
Tunisia biometric ID card and passport law approved by parliament
After years of delay and criticism from civil society over lacking data protection, the Tunisian parliament voted in favor of…
Yubico releases multi-protocol edition of its biometric security key
Yubico is adding a multi-protocol edition to its line of biometric hardware security keys for enterprise users in partnership with…
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