Myanmar’s digital ID strategy comes amid a fraught landscape
Myanmar’s military government is accelerating construction of national digital identity infrastructure despite ongoing civil war, using a phased deployment strategy…
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South Korea plans AI crime strategy built on biometrics, digital identity
The South Korean government is preparing a national policing strategy to counter the rapid rise of AI-driven crime, including biometric…
NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo
Being able to pay just with your face is steadily becoming mainstream reality. In Japan, NEC and SoftBank Payment Service…
Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses
Meta Platforms is facing a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit accusing the company of using photographs from Facebook and Instagram…
IATA urges EU to extend biometric border flexibility amid EES delays
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging the European Union to extend temporary flexibility measures for its biometric Entry/Exit…
From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control
A government can require its sensitive data to stay within national borders. It can require that data to be encrypted….
Bangladesh budgets US$748 million for One-ID digital identity project
Bangladesh has revealed implementation details for its planned One-ID digital identity platform, publishing the proposed budget, issuance strategy and technical…
Scotland’s biometrics commissioner calls for new public surveillance strategy
Scotland’s Biometrics Commissioner is calling for a new national strategy for public-space surveillance, arguing that the country’s 2011 CCTV framework…
Unico opens IDCloud biometrics to smaller Brazilian businesses through Didit
Brazilian startups and smaller companies are gaining self-service access to a facial biometrics network that was previously offered only through…
Microsoft patent adapts biometric authentication to on-screen risk
Computers could begin using biometrics to treat the people around a screen as part of access control. A new Microsoft…
