New Digital IDs roll out as established program report encouraging adoption trends
Call it update Friday. Progress reports on digital ID campaigns from developed economies (including California’s) and developing (including Bhutan’s) are…
Germany - biometrics topics
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Incode selfie biometrics get a thumb’s up from German regulator for age verification
German regulators reportedly have given a “positive assessment” of age verification software based on selfie biometrics by San Francisco-based Incode…
Biometric passports progress in Turkey, Denmark, Suriname
Turkey and Suriname have unveiled their latest steps on biometric passports, while Giesecke+Devrient says the production of Danish electronic passports…
Yoti facial age estimation accuracy improves, approval expands in Germany
Yoti has published a report on the current state of the art in facial age estimation, and its technology has…
German court escalates ID card fingerprints requirement to European Court of Justice
A local court in Germany has referred a case involving legal action against the obligation to store fingerprint biometrics on…
German anti-deepfake effort takes on another fighter
Germany’s federal government is expanding resources for a multi-year deepfake detection project that it is funding. Executives with BioID, a…
Incoming German gov backs EU ban on AI public facial recognition, social scoring
The coalition formed by the recent general election in Germany is to add its weight to EU proposals to ban…
Trulioo approved for age verification in Germany as CEO talks digital ID ambitions
Trulioo has been approved to provide age verification services with its automated identity verification solution in Germany, as the company attempts…
Yoti Facial Age Estimation receives regulator approval in Germany for online services
Age estimation software from Yoti has been approved by Germany’s Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (KJM) for…
Cognitec contracted by Germany for biometric border checks
Cognitec has won a contract with Germany, for an initial duration of four years, for the supply of biometric devices…
