Scottish Biometrics Commissioner welcomes Ryder Review, could oversee prisons
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr. Brian Plastow says he welcomes the publication of an independent review into biometric data and…
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Veriff deploys biometric tool to tackle ‘buy now, pay later’ fraud
Veriff will offer its biometric identity verification (IDV) services to Twisto, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) business. The partnership…
Decentralized Identifiers 1.0 are now a W3C standard
Overcoming the formal objections of Google, Apple and Mozilla, Tim Berners Lee announced via Ralph Swick “The DID core specification…
UK Government rejects Lords’ police inquiry’s biometrics, tech recommendations
The UK government has rejected the majority of the findings and recommendations from a House of Lords investigation into the…
Cameroon begins pilot to issue 6k biometric ID cards to CAR refugees
Authorities in Cameroon have launched a project that seeks to deliver biometric identity cards to refugees from its eastern neighbor,…
Microsoft biometric data privacy lawsuit from former Uber drivers returned to state court
Some of the claims in a biometric data privacy lawsuit against Microsoft are being remanded to state court, after the…
HID Global concludes research deal to improve security of digital ID and physical documents
HID Global has taken another step toward the development of innovative digital identity and physical credentials it produces so as…
UN Human Rights Committee expected to question Ireland’s plans for facial recognition
Irish officials may be questioned over the country’s plans for facial recognition technology for surveillance during a session with the…
NEC biometrics experts discuss accuracy headway following science and technology commendation
NEC strives to continue reducing biometrics error rates towards zero as it outlines the efforts and challenges that have led…
HooYu, Yoti now certified digital identity service providers for Right to Rent checks in the UK
Yoti and the Post Office, as well as HooYu have become the first certified digital identity service providers (IDSPs) for…
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