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Apple patents wink/nod smart home communications. Biometric startup enters doorbell market

The home biometric camera market could be getting new capabilities and another player. Apple has been awarded a patent (US…

 

Age assurance tech providers wrestle with growing demand, privacy concerns

Age assurance is one of the hottest topics in digital identity at the moment, but does not necessarily need to…

 

Cameroon’s biometric visa application online portal goes live 30 April

Cameroon’s Foreign Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella has announced that the online application platform for the new generation of the country’s…

 

Pindrop report reveals states restricting biometrics are twice as vulnerable to fraud

Consumers living in U.S. states that impose enhanced restrictions on biometrics are twice as likely to experience fraud, according to…

 

Community identity, digital public infrastructure pitched to catch up on SGDs

Businesses, governments, and non-government organizations are mooting different approaches to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including the provision…

 

Navigating compliance requirements for biometric data collection: A guide for businesses

By Eva Kozar, Senior Account Executive, SEON Businesses that collect biometric data must adhere to various compliance requirements, with laws…

 

Digital ID: Good tech, lots of optimism, many doubts

There is little in the way of coalescence in the global digital ID sector especially considering all the investments going…

 

Integrated digital system in Zimbabwe to enhance ID issuance, birth registration

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe has announced the setting up of an ambitious integrated digital…

 

Gender, race bias risk reported in biometrics used by US Labor Department

An alert issued by the inspector general (IG) of the U.S. Department of Labor is raising “urgent equity and security…

 

Civil society alarmed by migrant biometrics and surveillance in EU, Americas

Advanced technologies are being used at the EU border for widespread surveillance and to carry out what Euronews reports are…

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