Moldova upgrades biometric capabilities for border control, law enforcement
Interpol is working with Moldova to increase its biometric border capacities, in part through two initiatives targeting border crossings by…
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TrustED tests whether Europe’s digital identity model can preserve privacy in the real world
Europe’s digital identity ambitions are approaching an important deadline. By the end of 2026, EU Member States are expected to…
San Francisco activists object to SITA’s required biometric data-sharing with DHS
Federal aviation management rules and regional objections to federal policy have set up a clash between privacy and immigration advocates…
US, CARICOM establish regional biometric data-sharing partnership
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) regional security agency, Implementation Agency for Crime and Security…
Washington’s biometric border moves south
The U.S. is moving border screening away from its southwest border and into a distributed identity system built through foreign…
US universities issue correction for paper alleging Yoti shares biometrics
UK digital identity and age verification provider Yoti has been vindicated in rejecting as rubbish claims made in a recent…
Europe seeks feedback on plan for sharing biometric data with non-EU law enforcement
The European Commission has requested public feedback on its plans for a reciprocal biometric data-sharing framework for police with non-EU…
Yoti presses universities for evidence, weighs legal action over age assurance paper
Yoti has escalated its dispute with academics from Georgia Tech and UC Irvine, sending a second letter pressing the universities…
Yoti challenges academic research, invites independent audit of age assurance platform
Yoti has publicly challenged research presented by academics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, Irvine,…
US demand for biometric access complicates EU visa waiver talks
European Union (EU) officials are negotiating a new border security framework with the United States that could give American authorities…
