Canada joins push for social media age assurance with new digital safety law
Canada will follow Australia in prohibiting kids under 16 from having social media accounts. CBC News reports that the measure…
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Interac deepens identity verification push with Incode partnership
Interac is expanding its identity verification capabilities through a partnership with Incode Technologies that will add advanced liveness, deepfake and…
Canada regulator backs privacy-preserving age assurance
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has published a policy note and guidance documents pertaining to age…
Governments want fast action on social media age checks, but compliance lags
Meta has run afoul of EU online safety laws. The European Commission has announced that it has found Instagram and…
Australian regulators come together on privacy, online safety
The relationship between various regulatory bodies across the privacy and online safety spectrum can be difficult to parse. Australia’s two…
Corsight revealed as facial recognition supplier for Canadian police bodycam trial
The face biometrics algorithms used by police in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on body-worn cameras during a recent trial is supplied…
Facephi launches Canadian subsidiary
Facephi is on an expansion spree: The biometric identity verification company firm has launched a new subsidiary in Canada, as…
Fraudsters are exploiting generative AI faster than organizations can respond: SAS
In the great AI race of the 2020s, fraudsters have a healthy lead, and they are upping their pace in…
Alberta crafts laws to crack down on deepfake misinformation, exploitation
The Canadian province of Alberta is targeting deepfakes and misinformation with a new bill proposing amendments to four existing pieces…
Tender: OLG issues RFI for facial recognition product monitoring self-exclusion
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on a self exclusion banned player…
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