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EU inches towards gradual rollout of biometric border controls

The EU’s biometric Entry-Exit System is set for a 180 day rollout after Members of European Parliament on the Civil…

 

New Zealand seeks selfie guidance, liveness capabilities for biometric capture

New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is looking for new face biometrics capture technology that delivers better quality images…

 

UK online child safety rules finalized by Ofcom ahead of July deadline

New rules have been set for protecting UK children from online harms with the publication of the Protection of Children…

 

Live facial recognition should shape future of policing, says former UK PM

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is a fan of live facial recognition. A report in The Times quotes Blair…

 

Morocco shares experience in digitization of patient journeys

The Minister of Health and Social Protection of Morocco, Amine Tahraoui, has asserted that the digitization of health systems by…

 

Cambodia introduces new eID card with biometrics and QR codes

The Cambodian government has issued instructions for ID cards and their new form. This includes the card’s design, features, validity…

 

Identy.io joins NIST fingerprint biometrics evaluation with strong accuracy scores

The results of a fingerprint biometrics evaluation by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology positions Identiy.io as one…

 

IAM funding deals and dev challenge aim to solve enterprise identity threat

Identity security is under grave threat. For all of its advantages, digital identity represents a vulnerability that can be leveraged…

 

WISeKey in talks with several African govts for digital ID systems rollout

Swiss digital ID provider WISeKey has announced that it is negotiating with an undisclosed number of African governments for the…

 

Digital photos to be required for German ID cards, passports from May 1

Germany is entering a new phase in the digitization process of its national ID card from the start of next…

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