Mozambique seeks expert services to support mass birth, ID registration
Mozambique’s Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs has launched an international call to tender for services to support the…
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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.
South Korea law targeting deepfakes, disinformation gets frosty reception from US
A new law in South Korea targeting bad information sees it risking conflict with the current U.S. administration, which has…
Rumored plan to expand UK digital ID to newborns gives Tories chance to attack
There is fresh panic in the UK over rumors that the government is considering extending its digital ID scheme to…
Hong Kong launches corporate identity sandbox, connects e-gov services with Shanghai
Hong Kong has launched a sandbox for its business identity program CorpID, inviting public and private service providers to conduct…
NIST warns token security remains a critical weakness in cloud, federal systems
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a new draft report warning that weaknesses in how digital tokens…
US House committee signals comprehensive privacy push next spring
House Committee on Energy and Commerce leaders have signaled that, after finishing a push on children’s online safety and teen…
US Senators move to ban AI-driven impersonation scams as fraud losses surge
United States Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Amy Klobuchar have moved to confront one of the fastest growing consumer threats…
Lawmakers warn DHS against sweeping expansion of immigration biometrics
On Friday, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke of New York’s 9th Congressional District galvanized bipartisan concern about the Department of Homeland…
youniqx Identity wins tender to build technical infrastructure for Germany’s EUDI Wallet
youniqx Identity, the digital subsidiary of the Austrian State Printing Company (OSD), has secured a Europe‑wide tender to develop the…
Kids online safety hits a legal and political breaking point in the US
The effort to regulate children’s online safety in the United States has entered one of its most fractured and legally…
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