Police in Germany using live facial recognition
Police in Germany are employing high-definition cameras and live facial recognition to catch suspects, raising legal questions in the wake…
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Biometric chip passports launching in Malta and Jordan this year
Biometric passports are seeing uptake across continents, with new nations implementing a model that has seen significant success in countries…
UK High Court rejects delisting Synesis without considering corporate changes
The first challenge to sanctions by the United Kingdom on Russia-related grounds has failed. A report paid for by the…
Slow-going for Belarus’ digital ID document campaign
Dictator-run Belarus, in Eastern Europe, says it has issued 165,000 biometric IDs to citizens and 58,000 to foreign residents. Especially…
Synesis to appeal EU sanctions over misuse of its facial recognition software
Belarusian biometrics company Synesis is getting its day in court. According to Intelligence Online, the firm will get a hearing…
Law on biometric documents issuance passes first reading in Belarus parliament
Members of the House of Representatives of Belarus have given their first nod to a draft law which seeks to…
Biometric passports coming to Armenia, Nepal, Zimbabwe
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has extended passport issuance, recently only available in the capital Kabul, to seven provinces, and will prioritize…
Governments adding biometrics, digitizing ID worldwide: Zimbabwe passports, China mDLs, Belarus ID cards
National ID continues to go biometric and digital around the world. Zimbabwe’s Civil Registry prepares to go digital with Semlex…
EmpTech supplies biometric passports, ID cards for Belarus
The Republic of Belarus has commenced the issuance of new biometric passports and national identity cards. According to a press…
More sanctions knock Belarus face biometrics firm off center
Having already sanctioned an Eastern European maker of facial recognition tools for their use in political oppression, the European Union…
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