The global COVID picture isn’t pretty on any uncoordinated level
Two years into COVID-19, and the world’s response to the pandemic is largely as scattershot as ever. Vaccines are highly…
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Almost half in UK would welcome digital health passes for public events
An industry-commissioned survey of United Kingdom adults found that almost half would feel safer at public events if COVID passports…
Clear service IAL2-approved as biometric vaccination verification expands
Secure identity company Clear has seen a new biometric service approved by Kantara Inititative and has formed a partnership with…
Specifications for NZ COVID pass published
New Zealand has published specs for its COVID-19 domestic-use vaccine pass and its verifier. The news comes as worldwide cases…
Clear to integrate Azure AD Verifiable Credentials, Health Pass deployed by hospital network
Clear has formed an integration partnership with Microsoft for Clear members to use their biometrics-backed digital ID with Azure Active Directory…
Cubox scores high mark in NIST paperless travel test, airport biometrics to grow four-fold
Cubox has scored the best result in the latest National Institute for Science and Technology Facial Recognition Vendor Test (NIST…
Mississippi plans digital ID, Utah’s GET Group mDLs accepted for booze
Mobile digital IDs continue to advance at the U.S. state level, with Mississippi the latest to unveil its intentions for…
SITA makes Digital Travel Declaration free for governments as travel ramps back up
Air transport communications and IT provider SITA has mode its Digital Travel Declaration solution through which passengers can share their…
Patent published for digital footprint approach to identify COVID super-spreaders
A patent has been published for a process which would collate vast swathes of personal information harvested from digital activity,…
Biometrics opportunities proliferate, from deepfake protection to the metaverse
The wide range of application areas biometric technology and digital identity are expanding in drove the most-read articles on Biometric…
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