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News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.

 

Winning.I, Svort each launch biometric IDV initiatives for remote govt, financial services

South Korean biometrics and fintech authentication firm Winning.I has announced a national development research project for a non-face-to-face identification system…

 

Afghanistan goes for biometric SIM registration to fight crime

The growing wave of crimes committed using mobile phones has pushed the government in Afghanistan to consider the registration and…

 

US House asks what happens to face biometrics of 7M already registered with ID.me

The Chairwoman of the influential House Committee on Oversight and Reform has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…

 

UNDP identity roundtable: does the bill payer set the standards for private ID firms?

Who are identity systems being built for? What standards do and should private sector firms adhere to when contracted by…

 

Thales inks contracts to provide IDs to District of Columbia DMV, Finland

Global biometrics and digital ID provider Thales says the District of Columbia’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DC DMV) will update…

 

NADRA goes all out for handling complaints

The National Database and Registration Authority of Pakistan (NADRA) has launched a Centralized Complaint Management System (NCCMS) which allows citizens…

 

Nepal secures land registration, tax collection with biometrics

Nepal’s Department of Land Registration Management and Archive (DOLMA) has launched the web-based Land Record Information Management System (LRIMS) which…

 

Australia moves towards national digital ID, new proposal under scrutiny

Australia’s states and territories have agreed to officially start working with the federal government on a national digital ID system,…

 

Philippines aims for 92M biometric PhilID target in 2022

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) says it is looking forward to swelling the number to 92 million registrants for the…

 

Where do US watchdogs stand compared to international peers? Good question

Many of the world’s governments have privacy watchdogs, and some, like the United States, have created little-noticed independent privacy overseers…

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