Selfie biometrics could strengthen age verification but businesses fear for profit
More than half of adult-oriented sites in age-restricted industries in the UK suspect minors have used or purchased their products…
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Gov.UK Verify processes over 10k new digital ID accounts per day amid COVID-19
Government service Gov.UK Verify grew in popularity during the COVID-19 crisis, reads a blog post from the GDS Digital Identity…
London Metropolitan Police now considering pausing facial recognition expansion
Following several months of growing concerns among privacy rights advocates and an independent report commissioned by London’s Metropolitan Police that…
UK police not transparent about AI, biometric facial recognition use in investigations, report says
Although they likely use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision systems (ADS) in criminal investigations, only a very small number…
UK biometrics watchdog raises surveillance risks; Yoti outlines alternative immunity passport
A pair of UK authorities have staked out positions on the increasing use of biometrics, with one making recommendations for…
UK extends Gov.uk Verify funding, accused of risking asylum-seekers’ health with biometrics collection
Gov.uk Verify, U.K.’s digital identity system, will continue to receive funding, the Treasury decided, due to an increase in Universal…
UK pushes back strong authentication for payments deadline and European industry requests extension
UK merchants have been given a little longer to implement biometrics and other authentication factors, as the strong customer authentication…
UK government guidelines for digital ID lauded by Yoti as eKYC guidelines for Arab region launched
The Good Practice Guide 45 (GPG45) update released by UK Government Digital Services at the end of 2019, and its…
UK immunity passport proposals leverage biometric facial recognition
The UK has published the initial round of proposals from biometrics and digital ID providers for its planned “immunity passport”…
UK Biometrics Commissioner discusses digital technology use in public coronavirus tracking
The use of symptom tracking, contact tracing applications, and digital immunity certificates to monitor and contain COVID-19 do not fall…
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