Idemia responds to termination of contract with Airports Company South Africa
Following yesterday’s report on the cancellation of Idemia’s biometrics contract with South Africa’s airport authority, the French firm has issued…
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ACLU takes aim at police use of FRT in California, Maryland and Minnesota
Across the U.S., policy blows are being exchanged over the use of facial recognition by state police. As law enforcement…
Ugandan MPs pressed to vote laws that protect personal data, rights in digital govt
A recent consultation meeting that saw the participation of 20 Ugandan lawmakers emphasized the critical nature of personal data protection,…
India’s central bank launches lending platform connected to Aadhaar KYC
Governor Shaktikanta Das of the Reserve Bank of India has announced a nationwide launch of the Unified Lending Interface (ULI),…
Australian state launches inquiry into workplace surveillance
The Australian state of Victoria is launching a parliamentary inquiry into workplace surveillance with unions proposing new legislation limiting surveillance…
UK allocates £10.5 million for new EES kiosks
Despite announcements that the EU’s Entry-Exit System (EES) will be postponed until November, British ports are still struggling to prepare…
NSF backs research into self-sovereign digital identities
Research that’s being carried out under a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant aims to improve the cryptographic procedures and…
US DOJ may soon issue rule on foreign access to Americans’ PII
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) may be getting close to issuing its final rule to implement President Joe Biden’s…
Sumsub first vendor to be awarded new Global Digital Identity Certification
Sumsub has become the first identity verification provider to complete the pilot of the new Global Digital Identity Certification (GDIC)…
Suprema’s BioStation 3 gets biometric PAD level 1 conformance stamp from iBeta
Suprema’s facial authentication access control product, BioStation 3, has achieved conformance with level 1 of the ISO/IEC 30107-3 Biometric Presentation…
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