Mobai certified for cybersecurity and privacy protection
Norwegian digital identity firm Mobai AS has obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, the internationally recognized standard for Information Security Management Systems…
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GenAI fraud makes zero-knowledge proofs non-negotiable
By Jarek Sygitowicz, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Authologic By now it’s something of a cliché to say the…
Japan introduces new rules on biometric data in APPI amendment bill
Amendments are coming to Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI). The country’s cabinet has approved a bill…
BIPA damage limitation applies retroactively to pending class actions: court
Illinois’ infamous biometric data privacy law has lost some of its sting. A ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals…
AI company’s breached biometrics, ID document images make deepfake fraud easier
Mercor, an AI company valued at $10 billion, has been the victim of a major data breach which appears to…
OCR Studio KYC onboarding tool for APAC recognizes diverse character sets
Identity verification provider OCR Studio, which specializes in advanced optical character recognition, is unveiling an AI system for Know Your…
Sri Lanka building data minimization into digital ID to protect privacy
Purpose limitation and data minimization will be key safeguards for data protection in Sri Lanka as the island nation rolls…
Brazil lays out preliminary guidelines for biometric age assurance under Digital ECA
Brazil’s data watchdog has published preliminary guidelines for adopting age-assurance technology to restrict underage users from products and services. The…
Kenyan high court ruling recognizes phone numbers as digital ID
A recent judgement by a high court in Kenya considers a person’s duly registered phone number as a personal digital…
Taceo Network enables ‘private shared state’ for hosting sensitive parts of workflow
Austrian startup Taceo, which announced a $5.5M seed funding round last July, has launched public access to the Taceo Network,…
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