IRS drops biometric authentication requirement, prepares for Login.Gov after filing date
A new non-biometric authentication option for taxpayers signing up for IRS online accounts is now operational, announces the agency, following…
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UK government selects Deloitte to produce One Login digital identity app
The UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) has selected professional services firm Deloitte to develop a smartphone app to check individuals’…
Under review by IRS, will ID.me get booted from state unemployment offices?
Was the recent face biometrics reversal by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service the start of something bigger? Time will tell,…
US House asks what happens to face biometrics of 7M already registered with ID.me
The Chairwoman of the influential House Committee on Oversight and Reform has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…
Senators urge federal agencies to end use of Clearview AI technology
A group of Democrat Senators and Representatives have written letters to five federal departments to urge them to end the…
Socure picks government relations VP, shows strong 2021 results and growth
Digital identity and biometrics company Socure names a new vice president of government relations and announced it tripled its valuation…
ID.me offers selfie deletion following biometric backlash
Identity verification firm ID.me is to offer U.S. government agencies more staffed verification services – in-person or online – as…
IRS debuts face biometrics and suddenly everyone is a privacy regulator
It is unclear if the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s 7 February reversal on the use of face biometrics was caused…
Clearview moves into AR facial recognition with US Air Force glasses research contract
Clearview AI has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force for “Protecting Airfields with Augmented Reality Facial Recognition Glasses,” according…
‘Datafication’ of EU borders and ballooning private-sector spending prompted by migrant crisis
Spending by European Union agencies on border-related technology and surveillance rocketed from 2014 onwards amid the migrant crisis, reports Statewatch,…
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