3 East Asian countries expand biometric border systems
Myanmar junta’s new smart card is trapping migrant workers inside the country and fueling a black market. Indonesia and Malaysia…
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Digital ID, account security boosts to support financial health in APAC
Hong Kong and Australia have made efforts to introduce digital identity – the former by supporting the iAM Smart app…
Worldcoin ordered to stop operating in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s privacy office has announced the results of its investigation into Worldcoin, and found that the iris biometrics project…
Hong Kong targets biometric innovation for public services, police with Smart City MoU
Hong Kong has signed a deal to adopt biometrics and other Smart City technologies to support efficient and effective public…
Expansive facial recognition surveillance coming to Hong Kong, Bahrain, South Africa
The use of facial recognition technology for law enforcement has proven controversial, but not enough to deter authorities around the…
Worldcoin’s Hong Kong premises raided in ‘proactive’ look into breach of data privacy laws
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data in Hong Kong has staged raids on multiple locations used for…
Hong Kong extends biometric border program to 420K foreign ID holders
Beginning July 21, approximately 420,000 foreign domestic helpers, non-local students with Hong Kong ID cards, and other imported workers aged…
Prisons from Hong Kong to Chennai to Georgia are setting up biometric surveillance
Hong Kong’s Correctional Services Department this week agreed with Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks to build a framework for…
Student data grab grows as facial recognition planned for Hong Kong schools
Children attending school in Hong Kong will be monitored in classes and around educational facilities with security cameras and a…
Pushback against SIM registration in Philippines as India adds facial recognition checks
As SIM-identity registration continues worldwide, privacy and fraud risks come to the fore. Indians are subject to an unclear privacy…
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