Burkina Faso aims for digital sovereignty with infrastructure supervision center
Burkina Faso has started work on a facility meant to supervise the country’s digital public infrastructure (DPI). This move advances…
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Badge zero-knowledge biometrics with no stored credentials win BIG awards
Badge Inc. has already begun accruing awards in 2026. The enterprise identity authentication firm has been named a winner of…
Researchers warn biometric template protection still not adopted by industry
As facial recognition and fingerprint scanning become ubiquitous – from unlocking smartphones to airport security – biometric data privacy and…
Grok’s image processing feature is a mass violation of biometric privacy laws
The world, or some part of it, has decided in the last month or so that generating sexualized images of…
China proposes new biometric data rules for app makers
China has proposed a new regulation mandating that apps store biometric data on devices instead of transmitting it through the…
California consumer protection tool cuts off sale of personal data at the source
California has rolled out a new statewide mechanism aimed at sharply curbing the sale and circulation of personal information by…
UK ICO launches report, unveils plans to foster responsible agentic AI
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office is concerned about the data protection challenges presented by AI agents as they become part…
Univention’s Nubus promises data sovereignty at fraught moment: Nextcloud
In a recent post discussing identity and access management (IAM), open source content collaboration platform Nextcloud raises questions about the…
New Regula analyses reveal how AI and data exposure are reshaping identity crime
Consumers are growing anxious while older people are especially vulnerable. Identity fraud is becoming systemic, surging in scale and sophistication….
India to ban Aadhaar photocopying as UIDAI moves to regulate private sector verification
What once seemed ordinary and everyday in India, with the photocopying of Aadhaar cards, has an approaching expiry date as…
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