Israel could capture biometrics of all non-citizens entering the country
Governments around the world continue to draft and approve legislation to collect biometric data from arrivals into their countries and…
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Increased interoperability of EU biometric databases may be impacting human rights
A new report in the European Journal of Law and Technology highlights a series of human rights concerns about the EU’s…
Fortress Identity launches new biometric payment platform, upgrades digital ID tools
Fortress Identity has updated two of its digital ID-focused tools, as well as releasing FortressPAY, a new biometric payment platform….
Prominent biometrics firm reborn as a startup, as established players lock in gains
Headlines from around the biometrics landscape shifted somewhat from investments and fundraising to revenues and new entries this week, as…
Liberia’s electoral commission seeks biometric voter registration help from Nigeria
Liberia’s government is asking Nigeria for assistance as it stands up biometric voter registration, Nigerian outlet Punch writes, with National Electoral…
Mobile driver’s licenses and health IDs merging as part of a new digital wallet
In an interesting coincidence, a Chinese digital health pass is gaining broader mobile ID capabilities as a Utah mobile ID…
PSA completes biometrics registration of 20M Filipinos, NSIA processes more than 5M applications
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has recently completed the Step 2 biometric registration of more than 20 million residents for…
Using digital ID to screen potential employees in the UK
Two stakeholders coming from different perspectives are encouraging the United Kingdom towards the adoption of a digital ID-focused screening process…
Biometric identity verifications by iProov grow by 15X in first half of 2021
The number of biometric identity verifications performed by iProov increased by 15 times during the first half of 2021, as the…
U.S. plans combat cloud upgrade for secure biometric logins from anywhere
General John Hyten, vice chairman of America’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently called for improvements on the U.S. enterprise cloud…
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