Thales develops upgradeable eID for Estonia
Estonia has begun issuing upgraded electronic identity (eID) cards featuring secure elements intended to strengthen long-term cybersecurity resilience. The rollout…
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Facewatch wants to bring live facial recognition to UK pharmacies
Facial recognition surveillance vendor Facewatch is pitching its live facial recognition (LFR) to UK pharmacies. The company says the technology…
Token appoints Dianne Liu to lead marketing
Token has appointed Dianne Liu as Vice President of Marketing as the company expands go-to-market efforts around biometric identity assurance…
BigBear.ai deploys biometric cargo security system in Panama
Panama Transshipment Group (PTG), the country’s largest logistics operator, will be the first deployment partner for International Shipping Compliance, an…
Bhutan links digital ID to land ownership verification
Bhutan’s National Land Commission Secretariat has launched a digital consent mechanism linked to the country’s national digital ID system to…
Thailand positions digital ID as backbone for digital economy
Thailand is making moves as it lays out strategy to expand its national digital identity infrastructure. The Electronic Transactions Development…
Rwanda accelerates biometric enrollment ahead of digital ID switch
Rwandan authorities say more than 4.4 million people have been biometrically enrolled in the country’s new national digital identity system…
Biometric Update, Goode Intelligence release 2026 IAD report
Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence have released the “2026 Injection Attack Detection Market Report & Buyer’s Guide,” a new industry…
App store age brackets power California age assurance law, but where’s the proof?
California’s Digital Age Assurance Act may reshape how online services handle age data, but critics argue the law stops short…
Ghana joins growing list of countries pursuing online age verification
The Ghanaian government is working on a policy that would mandate age verification for access to age-restricted services like online…
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