Europe heading for ‘open-ended biometric mass surveillance’: report
Unlawful biometric mass surveillance practices in the European Union go even deeper than previously reported and are accelerating towards becoming…
Germany
Many Germans wary of biometrics on ID cards
Deutsche Welle reports on the concerns of privacy advocates in Germany about the inclusion of fingerprint biometrics in the chip of…
Governments advance digital identity services in Germany, UAE, Seychelles
A number of federal and governmental institutions have recently announced updates to their biometric and digital identity platforms. In Germany,…
IDnow to enhance biometric video platform with Trust Management AG acquisition
IDnow has acquired Trust Management AG, which provides biometrics for KYC checks among its international digital and offline identification services….
Digital ID coming to Finland, Germany, and Mexico
Finland, Germany, and Mexico are each continuing to digitize their population management to join the growing global movement towards having…
Live enrolment for German identity documents
Live enrolment for German identity documents EAB Online Seminar February 23, 2021 Join the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) for…
Greek police to introduce mobile biometrics during patrols
Greece is due to put in place a system known as ‘Smart Policing,’ which will see individuals undergo biometric scans…
BioID biometric PAD detection ISO standard compliance confirmed for Level A and B attacks
BioID’s biometric liveness detection technology has been confirmed for compliance to the ISO/IEC 30107-3 standard for Level A and B…
Delete one person’s biometric records, German Data Protection Authority orders Clearview AI
Clearview AI will delete an individual from its biometrics database after the Hamburg Data Protection Authority declared the biometric profiles of…
German police face biometrics use increasing rapidly, report shows
A document from the German parliament contains figures from the country’s federal ministry of the interior which indicate that the…
