Vietnam wants more control of foreign companies’ customer biometric data
Foreign technology firms, including social media platforms, who are doing business in Vietnam have 13 months to store the data…
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Nigeria ID4D continues partnership spree to meet digital ID ambitions
The Nigeria Digital Identification for Development project (Nigeria ID4D) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have agreed to…
Transmit Security updates biometric passwordless authentication suite, reports record growth
Transmit Security announced record growth figures alongside updates for its customer identity and access management (CIAM) products, as well as…
Scylla deploys face biometrics for Dronedek autonomous delivery security
Facial recognition solution provider Scylla has entered a new partnership with Dronedek, a company providing automated delivery services. Scylla’s face…
Qatar equips 15,000 cameras with facial recognition for soccer World Cup 2022
FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar will be held at 8 stadiums and watched by millions of fans, along with…
Guyana election official pushes for introduction of biometric voter verification
A member of the Guyana Electoral Commission (GECOM) has submitted a motion to the electoral body asking it to make…
Biometric audit finds thousands of ‘ghost workers’ on Ghana’s public service payroll
At least 148,000 public sector workers in Ghana cannot be biometrically identified in the database of the National Identification Authority…
Next Biometrics signs up fingerprint sensor distributor in China, closes deals
Next Biometrics has received a volume purchase order for its fingerprint sensors from Chinese distributor XM Holder, as well as…
Are overly simplistic national ID programs creating more exclusion?
Too many people advocating for digital national IDs make it sound like development programs are just an overlay on a…
Trusted digital identity can untap GDP potential, Callsign survey says
Digital trust may be difficult to measure, but increasing it just 5 percent is associated with an increase in GDP…
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