Fingerprint biometrics on ID cards legally invalid, but EU top court declines change
The European Union’s top court has ruled that governments that mandate handing over fingerprint biometrics for identity cards are not…
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Paravision’s biometric age estimation released to expanding online safety market
Biometric age estimation from Paravision is now available to manage access to age restricted services in a privacy-preserving way, according…
Plaintiffs failed to prove Google violated BIPA
A biometric privacy lawsuit in the United States is on its last legs after a judge dismissed much of the…
EU/US standards work on digital IDs missing rights component
A North Atlantic effort to synchronize governmental approaches to digital identity systems is ignoring standards that would protect privacy and…
AI Act passes EU parliament, arguments on implementation and implications heat up
The European Union’s AI Act has been approved by European Parliament by a wide margin. With one more approval, it…
Digital ID part of social contract between govt, citizens: World Bank, Verizon chiefs
The President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga, and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon, Hans Vestberg,…
Texas’ online age verification law upheld on appeal
Imposing age verification for access to pornography does not violate the First Amendment, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Yeo Messaging debuts Continuous Facial Recognition SDK for privacy protection
Yeo Messaging debuted its patented continuous facial recognition SDK at the Barcelona Mobile World Conference (MWC) that took place at…
Working to remove barriers to digital ID adoption
By Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity Strategist at the Open Identity Exchange Digital ID ecosystems are developing and evolving rapidly, but adoption continues to…
South Korea privacy regulator to investigate Worldcoin’s biometrics handling
Another government is raising an eyebrow at Worldcoin’s iris biometrics bonanza. The Republic of Korea’s Personal Information Protection Committee (PIPC)…
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