UK Government unveils new guidelines for digital identity applications
The UK Government has published a draft framework detailing new rules about digital identity applications and how people can verify…
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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.
Accelerating Nigeria’s digital ID issuance will take more funding, infrastructure
The ongoing process in Nigeria to issue national biometric digital IDs (NINs) to citizens will be more effective if the…
New digital ID efforts in DC fumble the most critical issue
It is a new year with a new administration in Washington D.C. but the federal government’s approach to digital identification…
Australia renews efforts to extend digital identity use to private sector
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is working on a new bill to extend its myGovID digital identity service use to…
Governments in Australia and Canada investing in digital ID
Both the Australian and a Canadian provincial government are amping up development of digital identity systems. The province of Ontario…
Cameroon, Rwanda see progress in biometric passport projects implementation
Rwanda’s project to issue passports with embedded biometric data has attained a new milestone in its implementation process following the…
Feds warn of strings attached to a Chinese DNA firm’s hunt for COVID partners in U.S.
Typically, when someone in the Unites States is heard expressing distrust about how biometric data is collected, used and stored,…
Kenya’s Huduma Namba digital ID scheme could exclude millions of citizens, Forum warns
An ongoing project in Kenya to issue a biometrics-backed digital ID known as the Huduma Namba to citizens continues to…
Privacy and security concerns from digital identity growth addressed by civil society, governments
Even before the pandemic hit, digitization was growing at an incredible rate. Now, the need for contactless services has increased…
Idemia and Sopra Steria win French biometric border control system contract
Idemia has won a contract with the French Ministry of the Interior, along with consortium partner Sopra Steria, to provide a…
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