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US senators want FTC probe into ID.me
A group of Democratic senators led by Senator Ron Wyden have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate ID.me for allegedly…
| May 5, 2022 | Chastened IRS plays down biometrics for taxpayers, starts service for tax preparersIf anyone thought the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s biometrics headache would abate after it backtracked on a remote authentication function,… |
| Apr 25, 2022 | Hitachi LG, CardLab, Shufti Pro, Datasonic win accolades for biometric productsA joint venture with Hitachi and LG won a design award for its facial recognition smart signage system, CardLab was… |
| Apr 14, 2022 | US oversight committee wants answers on ID.me biometric accuracy, contracts and moreThe leaders of the U.S. House Oversight Committee have penned a lengthy letter to ID.me, The Washington Post reports, to inquire… |
| Apr 1, 2022 | ID.me and the future of biometric zero trust architectureBy Mike Vesey, Founder and CEO of IdRamp The backlash against the recent IRS policy requiring taxpayers to access tax… |
| Mar 31, 2022 | IDPro, Shufti Pro, Iris ID, Genetec, Signicat, ID.me, Lumeo select new executive leadershipIt has been a busy stretch for human resources departments at biometrics and digital ID providers, with IDPro, Shufti Pro,… |
| Mar 4, 2022 | ID.me picks up Washington employment benefits contract amid heightened scrutinyWashington’s Employment Security Department is about to be the latest state agency to deploy ID.me’s face biometrics and remote identity… |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Downwind of IRS decision to back off biometric authentication: More changeAn event as significant as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service distancing itself from biometric identifier vendor ID.me was bound to… |
| Feb 22, 2022 | IRS drops biometric authentication requirement, prepares for Login.Gov after filing dateA new non-biometric authentication option for taxpayers signing up for IRS online accounts is now operational, announces the agency, following… |
| Feb 21, 2022 | ITIF, former DHS exec push back on criticisms of facial recognition use by US agencyThe Internal Revenue Agency (IRS) should have taken a more measured response to the controversy around its use of identity… |
| Feb 17, 2022 | Under review by IRS, will ID.me get booted from state unemployment offices?Was the recent face biometrics reversal by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service the start of something bigger? Time will tell,… |
| Feb 14, 2022 | US House asks what happens to face biometrics of 7M already registered with ID.meThe Chairwoman of the influential House Committee on Oversight and Reform has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)… |
| Feb 9, 2022 | ID.me offers selfie deletion following biometric backlashIdentity verification firm ID.me is to offer U.S. government agencies more staffed verification services – in-person or online – as… |
| Feb 8, 2022 | IRS debuts face biometrics and suddenly everyone is a privacy regulatorIt is unclear if the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s 7 February reversal on the use of face biometrics was caused… |
| Feb 4, 2022 | Controversy continues for ID.me with ‘inferred citizenship’ confusionBiometric identity authentication firm ID.me is back in the headlines over its agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to be… |
| Jan 31, 2022 | US Treasury considers alternatives to ID.me biometrics for IRS online accessAn Internal Revenue Service contract being served by ID.me for online tax returns is continuing to generate controversy based on the… |
| Jan 31, 2022 | Executive appointments reflect sharpening focus for biometrics providersBiometrics providers Zwipe, Rank One Computing, Alcatraz AI, ValidSoft, Transmit Security, Ondato, and ID.me announced new hires at various executive… |
| Jan 25, 2022 | ID.me founder defends claims, growing use of its biometric verification by US govA media backlash against ID.me and the claims of its Co-founder and CEO Blake Hall has erupted in U.S. media… |
| Dec 22, 2021 | ID.me partners with Cvent on digital ID for event health and safetyID.me has entered a new collaboration with Cvent to develop digital ID solutions aimed at enhancing events’ health and safety… |
| Dec 17, 2021 | Veridos, Cerence gets new CEOs to drive digital ID, edge AI ambitionsVeridos is set to have a new leader in place from January next year when 37-year-old Marc-Julien Siewert takes over… |
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ID.me and the future of biometric zero trust architecture
By Mike Vesey, Founder and CEO of IdRamp The backlash against the recent IRS policy requiring taxpayers to access tax…
