From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control
A government can require its sensitive data to stay within national borders. It can require that data to be encrypted….
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Yoti withdrawing ID app from Spain to avoid undermining biometric security
Can a person be identified from any measurement of a physical characteristic? Spanish data protection regulatory AEPD has interpreted the…
More than 170M ID scans for sale on dark web in breach allegedly traced to IDScan.net
A massive trove of scanned identity documents has been discovered for sale on a Russian cybercrime forum, exposing the biometrics…
Australia broadens privacy protections for digital ID with new strategy
An increased risk of data breaches and biometric surveillance have prompted Australia’s federal government to introduce a broad new digital…
OCR Studio, Wemik partner to secure AI-powered KYC workflows
Dubai-based identity verification firm OCR Studio and AI security developer Wemik have entered into what they describe as a strategic…
India drops shared biometric database from telecom verification rules
India is not proceeding with the Biometric Identity Verification System, but biometrics firmly remain in the plan. The country’s Department…
ClarityCheck’s exposed biometric databases present major identity theft, fraud risk
Consider where your face might be found. Social media, probably. Maybe internet search. It doesn’t naturally occur to anyone that…
Brazil’s regulator shuts down biometric matching for classroom attendance
Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has ordered the school system in the southern state of Paraná to immediately stop…
FaceTec granted patent for biometric authentication system without admin access
A newly granted patent for FaceTec protects a new method for user-controlled authentication on server nodes that it says can…
Thailand pushes mandatory MFA after major credential leak
Thailand is preparing to make mandatory multi-factor authentication official policy after around 60 million more credential records were leaked on…
