Issuance of biometric cards for Kenyans imminent as regulatory framework in place
Citizens of East Africa’s biggest economy, Kenya, will soon be issued biometric identification cards which will enable them have access…
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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.
Robust digital identity systems pay off for pandemic relief: ID4Africa livecast
Emergency response measures by governments in Africa and around the world have been significantly more successful where robust and dynamic…
Monaco choses IN Groupe to secure digital identity, produce biometric identity documents
IN Groupe has been selected by The Principality of Monaco to help design and secure its digital identity scheme and create…
NIST updates organization of Scientific Area Committees for forensics guidelines
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated the structure of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for…
DHS proposed biometrics collection expansion comment period ends with wave of criticism
The World Privacy Forum and the American Civil Liberties Union are among groups calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland…
Nigeria prospecting for electronic voting technology provider
Africa’s largest democracy, Nigeria, says it is in search of a voting technology supplier in order to take a step…
Biometric database with ‘all forms of identity defense’ dangerous, Israeli govt committee warns
A committee of Israel’s Knesset has instructed the country’s interior ministry to scrub fingerprint biometric data from its database of…
Scotland declares digital identity pilot a success, UK’s service faces latest call to shut down
The UK government’s digital identity service has returned to its usual pattern of negative feedback and calls for its closure,…
How Malawi established a biometric national ID system at breakneck speed
Just three years ago, Malawi was without a national registry or ID system and had little in the way of…
New Zealand to make NEC face biometrics available to public, private organizations
The Department of Internal Affairs in New Zealand has signed a contract with U.S. giant DXC Technology to make face…
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