UK government looking into another new digital identity scheme
A new digital identity scheme for business is being proposed by the UK government, nearly ten years since the government…
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UK police biometrics need governance improvement, legislation, Commissioner review finds
UK Biometrics Commissioner Paul Wiles has accepted an opportunity to remain in the role until the end of the year…
Alarm systems upgraded with Facewatch biometric facial recognition for workplace security
Monitor Computer Systems has partnered with Facewatch to provide the Sentinel alarm monitoring system with facial biometrics to strengthen workplace…
NEC tells UK court facial biometrics not scraped from internet, but declines training dataset details
Biometric templates used by NEC for facial recognition are unique to the company and cannot be shared with or used by…
GDPR successfully meets data privacy objectives, UK’s reopen plan lacks data protection guidance
Two years after it came into effect, 69 percent of Europe’s residents aged 16 and over are familiar with GDPR…
iProov to provide facial biometrics for COVID-19 digital health credential through Mvine partnership
iProov has partnered with Mvine Limited to collaborate on a prototype for a biometric antibody test results sharing system, the companies…
Digital identity adoption during lockdown likely here to stay, Nomidio survey shows
Millions of UK adults used digital identity authentication or verification for the first time during the lockdown, and more than…
Behavioral biometrics and facial recognition to secure more bank accounts with FICO report showing attitude shift
Far more people in Britain are happy providing biometrics to banks for security purposes (71 percent) than are content with…
Biometrics startup TouchByte secures grant to develop contactless access control prototype
TouchByte has received nearly £50,000 (roughly US$63,000) in government funding from innovation agency Innovate UK to develop a biometric facial…
Plans for digital identity provider participation in UK government system partially revealed
Indications of the UK Government Digital Service’s (GDS’s) plans for digital identity after the expected sunset of its Gov.uk Verify…
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