Age assurance legislation proves contentious and confusing to advocates
Efforts by governments around the anglosphere to put age assurance barriers between children and age-restricted content are not sufficiently targeted…
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Zighra behavioral biometrics contracted for Canadian government cybersecurity testing
Zighra has won a contract with Shared Services Canada (SSC) to protect digital identities with threat detection and Zero Trust…
Canadian cops contract Idemia facial recognition
York Regional Police and Peel Regional Police have announced they are joining forces to contract and implement a facial recognition…
Canada to contract face biometrics for border app as airports worldwide embrace mobile
Canada is seeking smartphone-based face biometrics to verify the identity of travelers crossing its borders. The contract with the Canadian…
Online age verification debates continue in Canada, EU, India
Introducing age verification to protect children online remains a hot topic across the globe: Canada is debating the Online Harms…
AI, document and identity verification continues to transform Canada
With over 300 AI projects in use among the federal government alone, AI enabled biometric document and identity verification is…
ATB Ventures becomes first service provider to receive DIACC PCTF certification
A release from the Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) says that Oliu, a blockchain-identity management and verification…
Age verification laws coming at the porn industry from all directions
A reckoning is on the way for porn sites, social media platforms and other age-restricted online content, as regulators move…
Lawmakers, activists, pornographers haggle over the future of North America’s children
The tug-of-war between legislators aiming to protect kids under 13 and activists who say their efforts curb freedoms could soon…
OPC says Canadian agencies needed better authentication tools to prevent breach
Canada’s privacy chief says weak digital identity authentication and poor interdepartmental communication is to blame for a 2020 data breach…
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