Grindr partners with Facetec for biometric age assurance in the UK
Online dating and hookup sites are moving to implement age assurance technology ahead of incoming regulations. The latest is Grindr,…
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Google-Sparkasse partnership makes Google’s ZKP library open source
Google is embracing zero knowledge proofs (ZKP) for age verification, having this week announced a major partnership with Germany’s network…
Digital payment cards advance with Thales, Entrust partnerships
As banking, payment cards and wallets go digital, new collaborations involving Thales in Europe and Entrust in Papua New Guinea…
iProov and SITA bolster executive teams
Alex Pearson has been named iProov’s Chief Revenue Officer and the newest member of its senior leadership team. The IT…
Digital Credentials API first draft published by W3C
A first public working draft of the Digital Credentials API from W3C has been published by the Federated Identity Working…
Digital government app in Eswatini sparks public criticism over data privacy
A digital government application, which was launched in May in Eswatini, is facing public scrutiny over concerns about data privacy…
Not so fast: driver monitoring systems put on biometric brakes for drunk drivers
Imagine, if you will, a 19th sequel in the Fast & the Furious franchise. Protagonist Dominic Toretto is angry at…
Next’s L1 Aadhaar certification continues to bring in more fingerprint sensor orders
An existing Indian partner of Next Biometrics has placed an additional order for the firm’s “high-security” fingerprint sensors worth 2.3…
An approach to developing digital identification in the context of DPI
By Juan Pablo García Cairello, Digital Identity Manager at AGESIC In 2023, G20 leaders defined Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as…
Europe’s digital ID could inspire Global South’s next generation of DPI: TECH5
Many countries have spent years building large-scale identity databases for issuing national documents, often based on biometric data. Governments are…
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