India to sign MoU to bring Sri Lanka its own digital identity system
Sri Lanka and India are to sign a memorandum of understanding where India will provide a grant to fund the…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
ID.me offers selfie deletion following biometric backlash
Identity verification firm ID.me is to offer U.S. government agencies more staffed verification services – in-person or online – as…
IRS debuts face biometrics and suddenly everyone is a privacy regulator
It is unclear if the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s 7 February reversal on the use of face biometrics was caused…
Controversy continues for ID.me with ‘inferred citizenship’ confusion
Biometric identity authentication firm ID.me is back in the headlines over its agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to be…
Three visions for biometrics regulation, all look iffy
A new assessment of the White House’s view of AI governance, particularly compared to that of the European Union, is…
Māori data experts want indigenous data to be classified as a ‘treasured possession’
Legislative frameworks for digital identity and data to be introduced by the New Zealand government this year have been criticized…
‘Datafication’ of EU borders and ballooning private-sector spending prompted by migrant crisis
Spending by European Union agencies on border-related technology and surveillance rocketed from 2014 onwards amid the migrant crisis, reports Statewatch,…
India consults stakeholders on federated digital identity project
A plan has been proposed by India’s government to introduce a new digital ID overarching citizens’ different existing digital IDs…
Innovation, funding and acquisition position biometrics providers for growth
Government biometrics projects involving passports, identity verification and border control are generating controversy this week, with Techno Brain and ID.me…
Willingness grows for digital ID, sharing personal data — with conditions
Customer identity solutions provider Okta has published a report on attitudes towards digital services and digital identity in Europe. Results…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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