Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture trials secure face biometric payments from VeriTrans and NEC
Secure, convenient, cashless and contactless biometric payment solution VeriTrans4G is being deployed on a Proof of Concept (PoC) basis between…
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Swiss voters reject digital ID law due to data privacy concerns
Swiss voters rejected a proposed national law for a digital identity after a referendum fueled by privacy concerns, writes SwissInfo….
Chinese lawmakers consider more facial recognition restrictions
The Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang will submit a proposal to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) calling…
Facebook self-supervised computer vision model promises object recognition breakthrough
Facebook has announced the development of a new computer vision model, named SEER (SElf-supERvised). SEER has been pre-trained on a…
Opportunity knocks for decentralized ID, biometric payment cards, health passes, and birth registration
New partnerships announced on decentralized ID and biometric payment cards shook up the industry this week, with Microsoft signing up…
UK Care facility trials FinGo vein biometrics for COVID digital health pass
Vein biometrics from FinGo will be trialed as part of its new EN-Covid passport solution in a care home in…
Digital ID trust gets new focus in ID4D principles
World Bank Group officials have sharpened the principles underpinning their ID-for-all program, getting more explicit about the need to engender…
Idemia joins UK pilot with IDway biometrics for digital ID checks against passport data
Idemia is planning to participate in the digital ID pilot being conducted by the UK government, the company has announced,…
TikTok biometric privacy settlement held up by objections $92 million not even close
The $92 million settlement by TikTok of a lawsuit alleging violations under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act and federal privacy…
Face biometrics deployments in Indian schools scrutinized by privacy advocates
Privacy advocates have criticized the deployment of facial recognition camera systems in at least 12 Indian schools, Reuters reports. The…
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