Sri Lanka defines trust boundaries ahead of digital ID rollout
Sri Lanka’s Unique Digital ID (SL-UDI project is placing trust architecture at the center of its rollout, with officials emphasizing…
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US lawmakers push national data privacy rules amid state preemption concerns
House Republicans this week introduced a pair of sweeping data privacy bills designed to create parallel national frameworks for the…
Your regulation-compliant KYC is not enough to protect customer data
By Konstantin Bulatov, Ph.D., CTO of OCR Studio KYC (Know-Your-Customer) is no longer just about convenience and conversion. In today’s…
Brazil takes bold stance with wide-reaching online safety law
If the 2026 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit had to name a headlining nation, the title might go to Brazil….
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…
French gov’t confirms hack of at least 18M records from ID document database
France’s government has confirmed that a database storing records of identity documents suffered a breach of millions of entries containing…
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…
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…
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