| Daily Biometrics News : Jul 19, 2025 |
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| Biometrics providers and credentials level up with new capabilities |
| Biometrics is a fast-evolving field about persistence, so new versions of major digital identity providers and biometric technology companies naturally…Read More |
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| Alan Goode offers insights on booming transitional IDV market on BU Podcast |
| Technology is transforming identity verification. According to Alan Goode of Goode Intelligence, by 2030, digital… |
| OFIQ community reviews early results of biometric quality assessment tool |
| The standardization of image quality for face biometrics is a major step towards making population-scale… |
| How to measure success in biometric security? |
| By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner How do you measure the… |
| TSA seeks private sector partners to transform airport screening |
| The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input from private-sector… |
| Big; bigger; biggest: IN Groupe CEO plots course with more digital ID tools |
| The completed acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity by IN Groupe earlier this month is the… |
| Signicat forms ‘European identity powerhouse’ with Inverid acquisition |
| Signicat is absorbing NFC-based digital identity verification specialist Inverid in a deal that Co-founder and… |
| Meta acquires voice generator startup PlayAI |
| Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has acquired the voice generator platform PlayAI. A report from Bloomberg says… |
| Pimeyes’ new tool will be able to search billions of faces through videos |
| Face image search engine Pimeyes has stirred controversy over its ability to pinpoint exactly where… |
| Australian retailers show support for facial recognition in government consultation |
| Australia is convulsed as it seeks to strike a balance between competing concerns. Navigating the… |
| Share less data in more places: inching towards decentralized digital ID for travel |
| The travel industry is slowly shifting to a more decentralized model of digital identity. This… |
| UK guidance anticipates shift to private labs for DIATF compliance testing |
| The UK continues to move incrementally toward the full launch of the digital identity and… |
| UK prepares for eVisas as Labour lawmakers call for digital IDs |
| The UK is preparing to officially transition to electronic visas from July 15th. At the… |
| UK Home Office working on rules for police use of LFR |
| The UK Home Office is in the process of crafting a governance framework for the… |
| States push ahead on AI regulation as Congress falters |
| This month, the U.S. Senate voted to strike down a controversial provision in President Trump’s… |
| Cybersecurity failures leave US Social Security data at risk |
| The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a public rebuke of the Social Security Administration… |
| Congress charts diverging paths on AI in FY 2026 defense bills |
| As the Pentagon races to integrate AI across all operations of each of the services,… |
| Login.gov to accept passports soon, mDLs by next March |
| The U.S. federal government plans to accept mobile driver’s licenses for online access to government… |
| ICE’s facial recognition app raises alarms over expansion of domestic surveillance |
| In early 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly expanded its biometric surveillance footprint with… |
| Under-display 3D face biometrics reaches testing on Chinese smartphones: leaker |
| Apple users are accustomed to using the Face ID feature in their iPhones, but reports… |
| UN initiative unites standards bodies to tackle global deepfake threat |
| You may have heard a friend or relative proclaim recently, “I can’t even tell what’s… |
| Impersonation scams surge as AI fuels identity theft |
| Impersonation scams and AI-driven fraud are redefining the threat landscape of identity theft in the… |
| Financial fraud prompts $14M digital identity intelligence investment, calls for action |
| Financial institutions and regulators continue to invest in anti-fraud and identity verification. Barclays has invested… |
| Jumio gets to keep law firm in liveness detection IP dispute with FaceTec |
| Morrison & Foerster LLP will be allowed to defend Jumio against claims in violated FaceTec’s… |
| No end in sight for Clearview’s US biometric data privacy lawsuits |
| Roughly half of the United States want to put the breaks on a settlement agreed… |
| Clearview takes fresh legal hits over Canada class action, UK fine |
| Few biometrics companies have taken a bigger regulatory and legal beating than Clearview AI. It… |
| Age estimation at the shop, age verification online: France laws tested with questions |
| In France, age assurance tools are showing up online and at retail vendors selling age… |
| With age verification law back on in France, Aylo blocks Pornhub again |
| Aylo, which owns some of the world’s most highly trafficked free pornography websites, has once… |
| Reddit deploys selfie and document age verification from Persona |
| A statement from Reddit says it is using Persona’s age verification technology to comply with… |
| Ofcom planning more safety measures to tackle addictive design |
| It has been noted previously in these pages that the UK is looking to be… |
| Ohio passes age verification law for adult content sites |
| Age assurance legislation continues to mature across the U.S., with Ohio becoming the latest state… |
| EU moves forward on age verification with release of guidelines, software |
| The European Commission has released both its guidelines for protecting kids online and its “white… |
| Bhutan upgrades digital identity wallet, including liveness and P2P chat |
| Bhutan has rolled out four major upgrades to its National Digital Identity (NDI) wallet with… |
| Brunei looks to ASEAN and its own roadmap to become Smart Nation |
| The implementation of digital transformation for every country is idiosyncratic. Each state goes about it… |
| Kazakhstan sees dramatic growth in digital government use |
| Kazakhstan is building out a tech ecosystem and digital government ranks among its priorities. In… |
| Laos begins integrating digital ID cards into public agencies |
| Government agencies in Laos have received the order to begin integrating the country’s chip-enabled identity… |
| Mexico makes biometric identifier mandatory for all citizens |
| Mexico has officially introduced a digital identification system by signing a law that turned the… |
| MTN launches accelerator program for startups driving Africa’s digital transformation |
| MTN Nigeria has launched its 2025 Cloud Accelerator Program intended to support technology startups operating… |
| 5M Ugandans renews national IDs, 100k new cards ready for pickup |
| Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has announced that more than 5.3 million people… |
| Ethiopia gets accolades for leading digital transformation in Horn of Africa |
| At a recent meeting of Horn of Africa Finance Ministers in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Ethiopia’s… |
| Liberia to speed up contractor selection for new biometric ID card system |
| President Joseph Boakai of Liberia has set up a Steering Committee to oversee an overhaul… |
| Zimbabwe looks forward to digital ID rollout after population registry reform |
| A plan to issue national digital IDs in Zimbabwe is said to be imminent after… |
