Prominent digital identity groups Kantara, WPF, Bitkom add leaders
Influential associations in digital identity technologies and biometrics Kantara Initiative, Bitkom and the World Privacy Forum (WPF) have added new…
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Indian Railway Police Force Chief reports 96% accuracy in facial recognition system trial
The Director-General of the Railway Police Force (RPF), Sanjay Chander, has informed The Hindu in an interview that the Indian…
UK digital identity moves department, financier demands ‘economic digital ID’
Oversight of the UK government’s digital identity projects have moved home, but so too has the boss. The newly-formed department,…
Infineon, TrustSEC team up to strengthen biometric smart card security
Infineon Technologies AG and TrustSEC have joined forces to launch BIO-SLCOS, a smart cards operating system utilizing Infineon’s latest SLC38…
Facial recognition and authentication in retail: reduce waits, staff and maybe privacy
“Facial recognition technologies are the simplest way to dramatically reduce wait times,” writes the manager for biometrics at HID. While…
Sumsub, iDenfy, Identomat and Plaid each move to ease compliance checks for businesses
A ‘Complete Guide to Business Verification (KYB)’ has been published by Sumsub to help B2B companies mitigate rising fraud rates…
South Africa’s plans for integrated digital ID advance as cabinet approves dedicated bill
The National Identification and Registration Bill 2022, a piece of draft legislation which seeks to introduce a single and integrated…
Biometric cuffs being introduced to US county jail
A county sheriff’s office in the U.S. state of Georgia is going to put biometric wrist bracelets on its jail…
More talk about ethical AI but it’s still mostly just talk
In a rare conjunction, February has seen formal global, national, regional and intensely local discussions, independent of each other, about…
Double anonymity to bring age verification to porn and social media in France
“2023 will see the end of access to pornographic sites for our children,” said French Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot at…
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