View in Browser | Subscribe Today | | | Daily Biometrics News : Jul 25, 2024 | | Indonesia offers lessons in govt benefit digitalization: Report | Indonesia has successfully digitized its government assistance programs, aiding poverty reduction inside the Asian-Pacific country. One of the next crucial…Read More | | African Union adopts AI strategy to streamline continental digital transformation efforts | A document which defines the trajectory Africa intends to take regarding the development, use and… | Yoti, iProov and Blair Institute tell governments to increase digital ID support | UK Member of Parliament Peter Kyle, the new Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and… | UK faces down threat of deepfakes that demean, defraud, disinform | New research from Ofcom reveals just how prevalent deepfakes have become in the UK and… | Kenyan high court pauses national digital ID for third time in 4 years | Kenya’s digital identity rollout has been paused by the country’s high court again, pending the… | Strengthening biometrics to fight against sophisticated payments fraud | By Tim Brown, Global Identity Officer at Prove Biometrics have become a part of consumers’… | Veriff enhances biometric security, Nametag and Tines partner amid rising ATOs | Account Takeover Fraud (ATO) has become an increasing concern, with fraudsters using techniques to target… | Eswatini urged to digitize national ID system with regard for privacy, security risks | Activating the digital dimension of the Eswatini national identification system will bring along important socio-economic… | Biometric data privacy lawsuit against Amazon, Starbucks mostly thrown out | A lawsuit against a pair of retail titans in New York City over alleged violations… | Carahsoft serves as Nuggets’ Master Government Aggregator for decentralized identity platform | Nuggets has selected Carahsoft Technology Corp. as the “Master Government Aggregator” to provide its decentralized… | Korean regulators plan formal framework for biometrics as use cases expand | The scope of biometric technologies is often boiled down to facial recognition and ID verification.… | Gibraltar issues notice on upcoming Schengen EES and ETIAS changes | As the European Union readies the implementation of the new Schengen Entry/Exit System (EES) and… | Philippines election authority deploys deepfake task force, digital IDs for overseas voters | In a bid to combat disinformation in the upcoming 2025 elections, the Commission on Elections… | New ‘highly secure’ biometric system proposed for food ration distribution in India | A study published in the International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering and Management has proposed… | UK school reprimanded by ICO for using facial recognition without DPIA | A school in Chelmsford, Essex, has been reprimanded by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for… | Tech5 introduces flexible biometric template protection for its ABIS | Tech5 has developed biometric template protection technology that it says meets the criteria set out… | Maza streamlines KYC with Regula biometric and document verification | Regula has integrated its document and biometric verification system into Maza Financial, a fintech company… | More ballparks to get biometric entry through MLB’s Go-Ahead Entry | Major League Baseball continues to grow its facial recognition entry program with biometrics from NEC.… | | More News | Guest Posts | Features |
| | Features, Interviews | | Strengthening biometrics to fight against sophisticated payments fraud | By Tim Brown, Global Identity Officer at Prove Biometrics have become a part of consumers’ everyday lives. Long celebrated for…Read More | | Selective disclosure and zero-knowledge proofs: Examining the latest revision of ETSI TR 119 476 | By Sebastian Elfors, Senior Architect at IDnow In July 2024, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)… | Digital Identity as a vehicle for financial inclusion | By Lance Fanaroff iiDENTIFii co-founder Across the world, governments and companies are looking for vehicles… | Pakistan’s aspiring journey to secure digital identity examined | Pakistan has achieved significant progress in digital public infrastructure (DPI), the World Economic Forum reports,… | Knowledge-sharing crucial as the world looks to the future of DPI | As the global conversation about why DPI is important advances, so is that about how… | Scope and contours of BIPA biometric ‘identifiers’ and ‘information’ | By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney One of the most significant… | Pindrop raises $100M in venture debt to scale voice deepfake protection | Voice deepfake attacks capable of fooling call center agents, automated systems, employees and loved ones… | Digital rights advocates say Nigeria’s NIMC has work to do on data mishandling | In the past weeks, there has been a flurry of reports about the commercialization of… | What to do if certificates for passive authentication fail | By Ihar Kliashchou, Chief Technology Officer at Regula Electronic documents are praised for their top-notch security,… | The fallacy of hacked face biometrics’ vulnerability | Biometric data is personal data. It is sensitive personal information. It can be used by… |
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