UK plans to make digital ID ‘as trusted as passports’
The British government is planning a governing body charged with making digital identities “as trusted as passports” by augmenting their…
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Thales pitches issuers on biometric payment cards
Thales is up to 20 biometric payment card projects, and is touting the readiness of the technology, which has already reached…
Data privacy, security concerns as corporate providers step into US health pass vacuum
Airlines and non-governmental bodies are developing digital health passes to allow travel in the U.S. in the absence of a…
Risk of foreign biometric surveillance highlighted by UK Commissioner
The UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson has written a new letter to Baroness Williams, Minister of…
EU calls for biometric-focused innovation to combat organized crime and border security
The European Commission has published a call for several biometrics-focused proposals within the Horizon Europe Framework Programme, to support European…
Alleged hack of Kenya’s Biometric Voter Registration system denied by electoral agency
Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chief Wafula Chebukati has rejected claims that the country’s Biometric Voter Registration (BVR)…
Biometrics market forecast for $44B by 2026, industry survey sees digital identity focus
Biometrics industry development over the next five years will be focused primarily on digital identity, according to the latest industry…
Alan Turing Institute call for papers ahead of trustworthy digital identity conference
The Alan Turing Institute is running a virtual conference on trustworthy digital identity on 13 September 2021 and is calling for…
Mobile ID can bring both convenience and citizen privacy
By David Kelts, Director of Product Development, Mobile Identity, GET Group North America Many U.S. states are implementing mobile driver’s…
Indian govt using face biometrics at COVID vaccination centers
India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has admitted to using face biometrics technology for online verification of people…
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