Using face biometrics and age estimation to create a safer internet for children
Both the International Policy Digest and The Guardian have published articles within the past week on how to use biometric…
Australia
Biometrics investments roll on with $7M for Smile Identity, up to $8.7M for Daltrey
Selfie biometric authentication provider Smile Identity has closed a $7 million Series A funding round to advance its aim of unifying…
Australian biometrics providers partner up for responsible gambling systems
Vix Vizion has chosen telecoms company Cradlepoint’s technology to aid in enforcing self-exclusion and problem gambling bans via facial recognition…
New South Wales revamps mobile driver’s license platform for automated approval
IT consultant CGI has been contacted by the New South Wales government to build a unified mobile driver’s license (mDL)…
Get out the sewing kit. More piecemeal ideas for regulating AI are in the works
Patchwork regulation of face biometrics by governments — including a proposed mild set of rules in China’s oldest special economic…
eftpos’ connectID solution to ease digital ID verification for Australians
eftpos says its connectID solution is now operational after integrating the service with SecureKey’s digital ID authentication technology, making it…
UK and Australian governments renew investments in digital identity services
The Government Digital Service (GDS) in the UK has invested more than £5 million (roughly $7.06 million) in Digidentity and…
More countries consider biometric age verification to access porn sites
A bill that makes it mandatory for Canadians intending to visit a pornography site to go through a face biometrics…
Australian HRC calls for partial facial recognition moratorium, new AI oversight
The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition in “high-risk” settings, as…
NSW reaches 3 million mobile driver’s licenses amid advancing government digital ID
From mobile driver’s licenses in Australia and Saudi Arabia to digital ID systems to facilitate online processes in Austria, Germany,…
