Biden administration expected to prioritize digital ID and tighten fintech regulations
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will be coming into office amid a rapidly changing outlook for fintech, digital identity, and AI,…
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Trust in digital ID requires intensive collaboration, public education: Women in Identity panel
Moving beyond the distrust that prevented the Australia Card from being introduced a generation ago to provide effective digital ID…
China pilots biometric ID cards to monitor citizens’ online activities
The Chinese Communist Party (CPP) has announced that it is looking to put in place a new kind of online…
Now Hiring: Scottish Biometrics Commissioner
The recruitment of Scotland’s first-ever Biometrics Commissioner has begun, with details of the appointment posted to the Scottish Parliament’s website….
US DoD will consider migrating biometric databases to cloud providers other than AWS
The U.S. Department of Defence has amended its solicitation for a migration of its biometric databases to the cloud, clarifying…
Germany to require fingerprints and biometric images for government IDs
The German parliament is implementing recently enacted EU regulations to require fingerprints and biometric images on national IDs, reports Mitteldeutsche…
US needs national digital ID to compete with other world powers amid pandemic
Toomas Ilves addressed the German Marshall Fund (GMF) during a recent panel discussion on proposed tech policy reforms for the…
Russia plans government biometrics database for fingerprints, DNA, facial recognition
Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs is planning to stand up a database of fingerprint, DNA and face biometric data collected…
South Africa plans biometric database integration to boost digital ID for service delivery
South Africa’s government has approved the Official Identity Management Policy, which would integrate the national population register with the biometric…
Idemia to help war-torn Libya establish biometric digital ID system
A deal has been struck for Idemia to assist the north African nation of Libya in putting in place a…
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