Fake CDC cards, digital health certificates spreading amid COVID privacy concerns
The twin concerns of privacy and trust are coming to the fore in social dialogue around digital health passes and…
World Privacy Forum
FTC to publish compliance report on biometric privacy settlement with Paravision
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has said it will publish a report on Paravision’s compliance with the conditions of its…
Vision for effective face biometrics regulation presented in World Privacy Forum paper
The way to mitigate risks to privacy and other rights from biometric facial recognition systems is to enact regulator-approved codes…
ID4Africa calls on Facebook to settle face biometrics bias question through NIST testing
The presence of demographic differences in face biometrics performance has dogged increasingly dogged the modality, and been referred to in…
Facial biometrics loophole highlighted by World Privacy Forum report on U.S. schools
One of the top biometrics news stories of the young 2020 calendar year pops up in the middle of the…
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa this week: Data protection trailblazers and new offerings
Biometrics news from Africa is already revealing a shift from reports of the COVID-19 virus leading to shutdowns of biometric…
Africa’s nascent data protection community members share their vision
Members from the first in-person gathering of what could become a pan-African data protection council, and the first time focusing…
Round Table of African Data Protection Authorities to launch at ID4Africa
ID4Africa will launch the Round Table of African Data Protection Authorities (RADPA) as a side meeting at the movement’s annual…
Integrated Biometrics and Biometrics Institute encourage industry gender balance for International Women’s Day
Integrated Biometrics Management Consultant On Tim Tang is speaking at a United Nations event marking International Women’s Day as part…
International Identity Day surpasses 75 global partners as coalition-building enters third stage
International Identity Day has surpassed 75 partner organizations as it continues its initial outreach efforts to establish the project’s place…
