Digital identities: Making the patient the central point for data decisions
Making trustworthy digital identities for even just one sector of people’s lives, say, health care, is more complex than most…
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Nigeria reaches 41M biometric NIN registrations as second Mission Billion Challenge opens
COVID-19 may be slowing down registrations for ID numbers in Nigeria, but Ghana is determined to keep on with biometric…
Biometrics companies serving the Global South and a new ID2020 partner step up as world market changes
The week’s top headlines in biometrics and digital ID are largely split between two different market dynamics. Work towards extending…
ACLU takes Clearview AI to Illinois court for alleged biometric privacy violations
“We won’t let companies like Clearview trample on our right to privacy,” writes ACLU Staff Attorney Nathan Freed Wessler. The…
China considers biometric data protection law to curb facial recognition abuses and secure PII
Concerns about the impact of facial recognition and other biometrics on the privacy of Chinese citizens may soon find their…
Will COVID-19 spur a surge in biometrics technologies?
This is a guest post by Sanjay Gupta, VP, Global Head of Product and Corporate Development at Mitek From facial…
U.S. senators want to know how secure data from Clear coronavirus app is
A pair of U.S. senators feel biometrics services firm Secure Identity LLC is not living up to its better known…
D-ID secures $13.5M to further develop anonymization and facial biometrics-blocking software
D-ID has secured $13.5 million that will be invested in further developing its technology that digitally anonymizes faces in videos…
ID4Africa launches registration for webinar on ID management and COVID-19
Registration is now open to attend a webinar presented by ID4Africa with some of the leading lights of identity authorities in…
China’s face-scanning regulations are fuzzy and self-serving
The only certainty about biometric facial recognition in China is that everyone’s face is being recognized. A lot. As a…
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