Scammers capitalize on Australia’s myID rebrand
In its continued push to clarify and implement digital identity, the Australian government has announced that the myGovID app is…
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Ireland considers adding drug trafficking to police FRT use cases
Ireland is hoping to use facial recognition in fighting drug trafficking networks. Minister of Justice Helen McEntee presented a new…
Tech5 wins $54M livescan biometrics contract with Virginia police
Virginia State Police are upgrading their livescan fingerprint biometrics collection capabilities through a 15-year contract with Tech5. The contract, worth…
New Zealand Digital Identity Services Trust Framework goes live this week
The new rules and accreditation system for digital identity in New Zealand will take effect on Friday, November 8, when…
Biometrid adds iProov face biometrics to identity orchestration platform
Portugal-based digital identity verification service provider Biometrid is entering a strategic partnership with face verification company iProov. Based in Porto,…
Transparent warfare: navigating privacy and ethics in the military use of AI
Military AI systems rely on vast amounts of data, much of which involves potentially sensitive or personally identifiable information (PII)…
Belgian watchdog ruling on consent sets employee biometrics use against GDPR
A Belgian company has been fined 45,000 euros (US$48,185) for using a fingerprint-based employee time tracking system with the country’s…
Frontex ignores rights impact in border biometrics forecast, paper claims
Frontex’s seminal research on the most promising biometric technologies in border control during the next 20 years has a major…
South Africa begins work on national digital ID to stem fraud
South Africa has revealed its intention to develop a national digital identity system to provide a single, unified credential for…
DOD looks to innovate with biometric and multimodal interfaces
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on “cutting-edge technology solutions for multimodal human-machine…
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