| Daily Biometrics News : May 31, 2025 |
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| Pakistan strengthens digital governance with nationwide biometric integration |
| Last month, the Punjab government made biometric photos compulsory for filing petitions in its courts, part of a broader push…Read More |
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| Infant.ID system can effectively address child swaps, trafficking: Integrated Biometrics |
| Integrated Biometrics (IB) is a regular exhibitor at ID4Africa AGMs, but this year, the U.S.… |
| Australia, NZ airports boost international passenger processing capacity |
| Australian airports continue to add more SmartGates powered by Idemia’s biometric border technology for international… |
| Biometric Update Podcast connects with ADVP |
| In this episode of the Biometric Update Podcast, host Joel McConvey talks to representatives from… |
| Sri Lanka on track to roll out e-NIC, Thales delivering final 400k cards |
| The final 400,000 polycarbonate cards procured from Thales by Sri Lanka’s Department of Registration of… |
| Malawi nears full scale digital ID rollout to streamline access to services |
| A new public and private sector services delivery experience awaits Namibian citizens from next year… |
| Greece launches Personal Citizen Number for unified digital ID system |
| Greece has launched its unified digital ID system with the new Personal Citizen Number (PCN).… |
| Togo seeks consultant to update its digital transformation strategy |
| The Ministry of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation of Togo is looking for a consulting… |
| IOM releases Digital Identity Toolkit for policymakers, practitioners |
| The International Organization for Migration has released the IOM Digital Identity Toolkit so that decision-makers… |
| The next five years of DPI in Indonesia will reshape lives: IFIS 2025 panel |
| Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s biggest country geographically, economically and by population. It is a developing… |
| Ada Lovelace Institute questions legality of facial recognition in UK |
| Deployments of biometric technologies, such as facial recognition and emotion recognition, may not be lawful… |
| UK police ask for more funds as it expands facial recognition use |
| UK’s police chiefs have asked the government to commit £220 million (US$296 million) annually for… |
| ICE is at the center of a vast and growing US biometric surveillance capability |
| U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly emerged as the operational nucleus of a… |
| Tech optimism collides with public skepticism over FRT, AI in policing |
| As facial recognition and AI technologies surge in adoption across U.S. law enforcement, evidence of… |
| Hungary called out for plan to use facial recognition for LGBTQ+ surveillance |
| Seventeen EU countries have called on Hungary to revise measures they believe contravenes fundamental values… |
| Obtaining consent to collect facial recognition data ‘impractical,’ says Bunnings |
| One of Australia’s most high profile court cases over facial recognition in retail continues to… |
| Visa sees expanding role of digital ID and passkeys, launches Click to Pay in Hong Kong |
| Visa with ZA Bank is launching Click to Pay in Hong Kong, with eleven more… |
| Researcher finds 184M unique login credentials in unsecured database |
| In the digital age, credentials are the new gold bars. Representing the intangible but infinitely… |
| Deepfakes are testing the limits of American governance |
| Under the looming omnipresence of AI, the United States finds itself at a crossroads in… |
| Hacks cause Login.gov to advance digital ID verification through remote proofing |
| In response to more than a few serious breaches of Login.gov, the General Services Administration… |
| Texas puts age verification on app stores despite Apple, Google pushback |
| Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a law that requires app stores to implement age… |
| Social media age verification trends globally as lawmakers on 4 continents push policy |
| Texas is readying a bill to ban social media for minors in a global trend… |
| Zero knowledge proofs reveal their utility for age verification and beyond: Aztec |
| A research report from Aztec examines the potential in zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) for privacy preserving… |
| Age assurance laws in EU, UK starting to sting as governments ramp up digital ID |
| Word is beginning to get around: the regulators are coming. As regulatory bodies in the… |
| Italian regulator outlines technical methods for EC white label age assurance app |
| Italy’s Communications Regulatory Authority, AGCOM, is among the Digital Services Coordinators chosen by the European… |
| Spain’s digital wallet to be included in EU age assurance app pilot project |
| In tandem with enforcement action on age assurance, the European Commission is ramping up activity… |
| Finding the use case that makes everyone want a digital wallet: Samsung Wallet |
| Rob White, head of identity services at Samsung Wallet, addressed the company’s ongoing quest to… |
