US trademark office isn’t saying why its digital ID verification plan has stalled
A postponement in the requirement that U.S. trademark applicants verify their identities remains in place without an explanation or a…
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How far did ID.me stray in reacting to Covid identity verification contract?
Will ID.me’s U.S. Government business be the next casualty of the pandemic? According to investigative reporting by news publisher Business…
IBIA lauds White House order for study on facial recognition in law enforcement
An Executive Order from the White House directing American government resources towards improving public trust in policing has been welcomed…
A biometric data privacy win in court is followed by a related FTC investigation and lawsuit
Executives at facial recognition firm Clarifai may have sighed with relief in March 2021 when a judge agreed that they…
Social-justice groups want AWS out of US’ massive biometric data project
Dozens of international domestic rights organizations are asking Amazon executives to reverse their decision to host a massive U.S. government…
Parsons buys Xator for $400M, beefs up its biometrics portfolio
Intelligence defense contractor Parsons has bought 900-person biometrics company Xator in a deal valued at $400 million. Parsons wants to…
TSA administrator makes an abbreviated case for more money for biometrics
‘Tis the season for U.S. federal bureaucrats to extoll recent accomplishments and ask Congress on bended knee for only enough…
Inspector General sees big things for US Post Office’s ID verification capabilities
Could the U.S. Postal Service, the federal government’s most trusted agency, become the nation’s ID verifier of choice? An inspector…
US senators want FTC probe into ID.me
A group of Democratic senators led by Senator Ron Wyden have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate ID.me for allegedly…
ID security comes at a cost but so does refusing to participate in anti-fraud biometrics
If there is an answer to the U.S. federal government’s digital identification migraine, it is not obvious. The start of…
