Estonia and Ukraine pledge to continue collaboration on digitalization projects
Estonia and Ukraine will continue collaborating on digital identity, e-government and cybersecurity projects in 2026, while expanding trilateral cooperation with…
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ADVP, Tony Blair Institute debate UK digital ID plans: Biometric Update podcast
Two distinct sides have emerged in the debate over how to implement digital identity in the UK. One says a…
UK gov’t plans tour to fix argument to public on national digital identity
UK government officials have admitted that the initial attempt to communicate a new policy for introducing national digital identity was…
Luciditi first to claim certification across full spectrum of UK trust framework roles
Digital identity firm Luciditi has become the first provider to certify against all five roles of the UK’s Digital Identity…
Report claims UK eVisa system uses migrants as digital ID testing ground
A new report raises alarm over the UK’s mandatory digital immigration status system, claiming that migrants may have been used…
London Police facial recognition expansion casts wide net
London’s Metropolitan Police have a new community crime-fighting strategy that expands the use of facial recognition and other technologies to…
UK oversight bodies seek clarity on facial recognition bias, cooperation on governance
The fallout from a report on the demographic differentials of the facial recognition algorithms UK police use, tucked into an…
More missing children than transparency in UK police live facial recognition watchlists
Police in the UK have included hundreds of minors on its facial recognition surveillance watchlist, including children under the age…
British Transport Police to trial live facial recognition on railway stations
Live facial recognition (LFR) is coming to the UK’s train stations. The British Transport Police (BTP) has announced a six-month…
First official cost estimate for UK gov’t digital ID plan: £1.8B over 3 years
A provisional estimate for the cost of the UK’s national digital ID system pegs it at £1.8 billion (approximately US$2.4…
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