Pakistan steps up biometric registration of Afghan refugees, Taliban permits existing ID
Pakistan has updated the details of 500,000 or more than a third of the registered Afghan refugees living in the…
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SIA promotes digital ID document verification techniques amid expanded issuance
The Secure Identity Alliance has issued guidance on new techniques in digital ID document verification and authenticity checks. Optical Machine…
Patients and patience – Identity Week Day 1
The Identity Week 2021 conference in London is bringing together digital identity and biometrics technology vendors and buyers, government officials…
Canadian report considers biometrics, ID banks to improve financial inclusion
Biometrics are one of the top solutions suggested in a new report to mitigate barriers to acquiring and using ID…
Enhancing digital IDs for Canadian tribes; still shipping paper documents in the U.S.
An Indigenous digital identity company says it has created Canada’s first online status card, or eID, service. OneFeather facilitates the…
Slot machine chain exposes customer biometrics in data breach
Slot machine parlor chain Dotty’s owner Nevada Restaurant Services (NRS) has disclosed a privacy breach that exposed customers’ biometrics and…
Ontario plans SSI-based digital ID by fall, Liquid Avatar lauds use of open standards
The Canadian Province of Ontario has unveiled its digital identity standards and technology plan, ahead of a planned launch of…
Governments adding biometrics, digitizing ID worldwide: Zimbabwe passports, China mDLs, Belarus ID cards
National ID continues to go biometric and digital around the world. Zimbabwe’s Civil Registry prepares to go digital with Semlex…
Costa Rica plans biometric passport launch by next year
The government of Costa Rica has announced that newly designed passports, which will integrate biometric technology, will go into effect…
EmpTech supplies biometric passports, ID cards for Belarus
The Republic of Belarus has commenced the issuance of new biometric passports and national identity cards. According to a press…
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