Red Cross issues recommendations for digital ID in humanitarian sector
A report into the various uses of digital ID in humanitarian settings brings together the many risks and challenges as…
In Depth
Biometric Update publishes exclusive features and executive interviews along with forward-looking, systematic data about digital identity projects in developing nations.
Moving digital health passes from confusion to inclusion
Read this Biometric Update digital health pass report A recent three-part ID4Africa livecast event explored the challenge of establishing effective…
Ugandan ID system a ‘national security weapon’ that denies human rights – report
Uganda’s national biometric ID system has failed in its promise to improve access to services for Ugandans, says a new…
UN ‘should follow EC’ in starting to regulate biometrics, artificial intelligence
The United Nations should follow the European Commission in establishing a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and biometrics to protect…
Red Cross highlights opportunities for digital ID in humanitarian sector
Humanitarian aid organizations are starting to digitize services and adapt to new developments in the digital identity and decentralized identification…
Biometrics building trust in African elections, laws must do their part
Two-thirds of people attending ID4Africa’s ‘Building Trust in the Democratic Process’ livecast event say biometrics have improved the integrity of…
Role of biometrics and private sector in legal identity debated in UNDP event
The private sector and biometrics likely both have roles in legal identity systems, participants in a United Nations Development Programme…
Will digital ID replace physical identity documents within 10 years?
A panel of digital identity experts used their knowledge plus a little imagination to look ahead ten years and discuss…
Are refugee responses enabling the future of digital ID and currencies?
Technology to issue refugees with an ID could form the basis of new digital identity systems for everyone, but this…
Biometrics come to verifiable credentials with Applied Recognition and Sovrin Foundation
The Sovrin Foundation is best known in the digital identity community for the MainNet Hyperledger Indy identity ledger, which it…
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