Key themes and debates emerge as ID4Africa opens
Digital identity themes, challenges, problems and progress came to the fore in Johannesburg as delegates from African governments, international agencies…
data protection
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Israel’s Biometric Database Authority fails to report 2 security incidents
Israel Hayom reports that the Israeli National Biometric Database Authority (BDA) failed to report two information security incidents to the…
ID4Africa 2019 promises debate on biometric data and ID issues as market matures
The maturity of Africa’s digital identity ecosystem has led to new debates on crucial identity topics at ID4Africa 2019, ID4Africa…
Yoti introduces Guardian Council to maintain trust handling biometrics and personal information
Consumers are becoming less trusting of major technology companies, according to Yoti and as a company interacting with biometrics and…
Digital rights declaration signed by Sydney could limit public facial recognition
Sydney has signed the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights declaration, ZDNet reports, which could have significant ramifications for the deployment…
Facebook argues for biometric privacy class action suit to be thrown out
Facebook is attempting to quash a class action suite by arguing in an appeals court that the decision of the…
Gemalto launches biometric identity management solution for foundational national systems
Gemalto (AKA Thales Digital Identity) is launching a new Identity Management System (IDMS) for governments to build biometric foundational identity…
More than 4 in 5 Americans support airport biometrics, Unisys survey shows
A large majority of Americans support the use of biometrics to verify their identities at airports, amid growing concern about…
Biometric facial recognition deployments and regulations both advance
Finnish Police and Customs have been granted permission to use automatic facial biometric technology, with the approval of a new…
Survey shows biometrics not trusted or understood by majority of consumers
A majority of consumers believe that switching from passwords to biometrics will expose them to identity fraud, according to a…
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