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Data privacy law is in effect in Quebec and businesses are confused about what it means

With the second phase of Quebec’s Law 25 in effect as of September 22, a new survey says there is…

 

US DHS awards $407M immigration biometrics contract to Amentum

A $407 million, five-year U.S. government contract has been awarded to Amentum. Part of the contract, from the Citizenship and…

 

IBIA, SIA, Kantara, OpenWallet welcome new members

The old saying about strength in numbers is proving true for biometrics firms joining large digital identity organizations. India-based BioEnable…

 

Synthetic faces could solve algorithmic bias and ethical data quandary: IDVerse

For years, many of the AI systems used for facial recognition and identity verification have had a race and gender…

 

Deals for Shufti Pro to provide AML checks with selfie biometrics in Nigeria, UAE

Capital markets trading fintech Newton Global has selected Shufti Pro to perform know your customer and anti-money laundering screening for…

 

BIPA defendants take their fates out of courts; Samsung can’t avoid arbitration

For all its boilerplate bluster about winning the biometric privacy lawsuit it was defending against in the United States, face-scraper…

 

ECOWAS drums importance of regional biometric ID card for The Gambia in integration push

The Economic and Monetary Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recently undertook a sensitization tour to The Gambia to reiterate…

 

Mastercard joins Mercedes to put finger-sensor purchases within cars

Global finance company Mastercard says its mobile pay systems have been integrated with Mercedes-Benz vehicles in a service called Mercedes…

 

Greece starts issuing new ID cards as conspiracy theories spread

Greece is starting to issue its new biometric identity cards which will be valid for the next ten years. On…

 

UK advisory firm launches AI and biometrics risk assessment tool

Wondering how to assess the risks of your artificial intelligence or biometrics system? The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation…

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