Global efforts to combat deepfakes intensify with new laws, biometric tools
With rapid technological advances, the fight against deepfakes has taken on greater urgency worldwide. From academia to governments and businesses,…
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Singaporean regulators zoom in on Worldcoin
Singaporean data protection authorities have not specifically ruled out taking action against Worldcoin, but it is not currently under investigation…
Convenience or security – which came first?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner The use of biometrics in law enforcement is often characterized…
Data boom in automotive industry elicits lawsuits, prototypes, grousing
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) strikes again, with a newly proposed class action lawsuit alleging that fleet management software…
Nigerians race against SIM-NIN digital ID link deadline
Nigerians have until Saturday September 14 to link their SIM cards with heir national identification number (NIN) or have their…
Mattr introduces VICAL Viewer to ease mDL adoption for relying parties
The trust registries that underpin the interoperability of digital IDs based on the ISO/IEC 18013-5 standard are easier to use…
Australia launches tender to trial biometric age estimation and alternatives
Australia’s government has issued a request for tender to conduct a trial of age assurance technologies including age estimation based…
Identity and Access Forum releases fall snapshot, highlights digital identity advances
The Secure Technology Alliance (STA) Identity and Access Forum (IAF), a nonprofit dedicated to advancing secure identification, has released its…
Au10tix highlights APAC as hotspot in global identity fraud report
Based on data from millions of transactions processed between April and June 2024, Au10tix’s Q2 2024 global identity fraud report,…
Banking biometrics firm Iluma lands $9M funding round
Voice authentication company Illuma Labs, which provides services to the banking sector, has landed US$9 million in Series A funding….
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