Costa Rica unveils new identity card design with enhanced security features
Costa Rica’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has officially launched a redesigned national identity card. While the card’s size and 10-year…
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Biometrics enrollment and Big Brother fears loom: is the post office the answer?
Biometrics hold stunning potential for establishing trust and enabling inclusion for people living outside of bureaucratic systems, but these goals…
Italy’s biggest digital ID services provider set to introduce annual fees
A state-backed financial and postal services conglomerate in Italy and the country’s biggest digital ID services provider, Poste Italiane, has…
EU eyes blockchain as digital travel identity management progresses
Digital travel is arriving, and it is a change, but what form it will take and its implications are still…
Senate report warns of DOGE’s sweeping violations of privacy safeguards
When Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the report of the…
Trump’s second term drives a biometric spending boom on the border
When Donald Trump returned to the presidency in January, it was clear from the start that immigration enforcement would again…
Digital ID solutions for displaced populations addressed at UN
Civitas ID, the digital identity platform developed for displaced populations, launched during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly…
Close systemic IAM gaps to keep stolen credentials from slipping through: BeyondID
Stolen credentials are the initial vector of attack not just for the most incidents, but the longest-lasting ones as well,…
US municipal ID efforts expand with library card upgrade
The humble library card is getting an upgrade in the Toledo, Ohio area, to provide identification for some of America’s…
Army awards HID sole-source contract for fingerprint enrollment system maintenance
The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at Fort Knox has approved a sole-source contract renewal for maintenance…
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