Digital rights advocates find gaps in Cameroon data protection bill
Internet and digital rights advocacy organization, Paradigm Initiative, as well as other rights advocates in Cameroon have hailed the country…
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Governments can preserve digital identity choice by avoiding common myths: Gartner
Governments attempting to stand up digital identities are aiming at a moving target, between the evolving expectations of citizens, maturing…
Youverse and Daon each integrate Dock for decentralized biometric ID verification
Youverse and Daon have partnered with Dock in separate deals to offer better privacy in biometric identity verification processes. Both…
NIMC officials explain benefits of upcoming multipurpose national ID card
The Director of Card Management Services at Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Dr Peter Iwegbu, and the Head of…
Kuwait allays human rights fears linked to compulsory biometric fingerprinting
Kuwaiti authorities have assured that an ongoing exercise to capture the fingerprint biometrics of nationals and expatriates in the country…
Malaysia news agency throws support behind govt digital transformation efforts
The Malaysian National News Agency, Bernama, will take a significant role supporting the country’s digital transformation, as it focuses on…
Should app stores be responsible for age assurance? Meta says yes but experts disagree
Social media platforms are not fond of age assurance measures as a rule, but Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook,…
Regulators, age assurance providers turn eyes to online gambling sector
A long-term effect of the smartphone revolution has been the normalization of gambling as a widely accepted social activity. Pornography…
Bermuda seeks feedback on licensing framework for digital ID service providers
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has published a consultation paper seeking feedback on a proposed legal framework for the licensing…
DHS preps to migrate 300M latent fingerprint biometric records to the cloud
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to set up a cloud-based latent fingerprint biometric examination capability within its Automated…
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