EU announces deals on digital tech funding, health data
As the AI Act nears enactment, the EU is pouring money into the industry while regulating health data. Meanwhile, the…
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UK struggles with biometric border crossing software
A UK government immigration database was found to have mixed up biometric and biographical data of more than 76,000 people,…
Toddlers to get digital ID in Philippines, Caymans
The Philippines is allowing children four years of age and younger to sign up for the country’s digital ID, the…
Ukrainian digital ID app Diia goes open-source
Ukraine wants to make it easier for other countries to build up their digital identity ecosystems and to help them…
Swiss digital identity law approved by parliament lower house
The Swiss parliament is preparing to debate a new law regulating its digital identity, paving the way for the planned…
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…
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….
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