5M Ugandans renews national IDs, 100k new cards ready for pickup
Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has announced that more than 5.3 million people have already renewed their national…
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Hong Kong considering FRT for upgraded Huanggang checkpoint
Hong Kong’s Legislative Council security panel has given the green light to a HK$1.75 billion (US$223m) proposal to install new…
Liberia to speed up contractor selection for new biometric ID card system
President Joseph Boakai of Liberia has set up a Steering Committee to oversee an overhaul of the country’s national biometric…
CBP biometric expansion at US borders moves ahead with new global entry plans
As the Trump administration doubles down on biometric surveillance at U.S. borders, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is preparing for…
EU confirms 180-day launch schedule for biometric border system
The European Union has confirmed that the bloc’s new biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) will begin a progressive launch, in a…
Kuwait gov’t considers more biometrics use in citizenship claims
The Kuwaiti government is set to approve key amendments to the Kuwaiti Nationality Law to curb the rise of fraudulent…
Armenia approves real-time FRT surveillance amid rights concerns
Armenia’s parliament has passed controversial amendments to the country’s Law on Police, granting the Ministry of Internal Affairs round-the-clock access…
CBP’s biometric border dragnet and the corporate state behind it
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is on the verge of reissuing a sweeping regulatory overhaul that will usher in…
London police mark 1K arrests through live facial recognition
The UK’s largest police force has announced a new milestone of more than 1,000 wanted criminals arrested thanks to live…
UK govt considering pleas to set police facial recognition use on solid legal ground
The UK government is considering introducing new legislation to back the use of facial recognition by police, Fraud Minister David…
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