UK’s first vote with photo ID requirement in the books; people turned away
Products in search of a problem are nothing new, but biometric identification employed to eliminate voter fraud in developed economies…
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Gov.uk Verify shuts down, Australia’s myGov gets renewed
Gov.uk Verify has closed, ending a chequered run as the UK’s tool for creating a digital identity account to use…
London food bank rolling out face biometrics app for store purchases
A London food bank is expanding its use of face biometrics to facilitate the distribution of food to its customers…
Amiqus certified for high confidence, single ID document UK background checks
Compliance and onboarding platform Amiqus has achieved certification for high confidence identity profiles under the UK Digital Identity and Attributes…
Critics pan planned police use of facial recognition during King Charles’ coronation
An announcement by the UK Metropolitan Police Service (Met) that live (or ‘real-time’) facial recognition technology will be deployed in…
UK government says online age verification is effective
Online age verification in gambling has proven effective and there is limited evidence to suggest that further measures are needed…
New OneID CEO Paula Sussex sees models for UK digital ID on the continent
UK-based identity verification service provider OneID has appointed Paula Sussex to its chief executive officer role. Even before joining the…
Study finds factors behind a society’s acceptance of biometric surveillance
Wondering if your neighbors will support government use of facial recognition surveillance? A new study of four of the world’s…
Singapore, UK, EU face headaches with border biometrics
Nobody likes long queues at the border. After reports of delays with automated immigration lanes and e-gates, governments are boosting…
UK civil society considers which AI controversies we need, goes back to the LFR well
UK lawmakers have written Frasers Group, which owns several retail chains, to condemn its use of live facial recognition and…
