Land Transportation Office chief blasts biometrics contractor Dermalog
The Chief of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in the Philippines, Teofilo Guadiz, has strongly criticised its contractor Dermalog for supplying an inadequate IT system, while holding up Stradcom Corporation which held the tender from 1998 to 2016. The project...
UK introduces face biometric smartwatches to monitor foreign offenders
Migrants with a criminal record in the UK will soon be subject to constant monitoring using biometric smartwatches to keep tabs on their movements up to 5 times per day. Face biometric watches will be introduced as part of tougher measures to tackle illegal...

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iProov secures contract to be part of One Login for Government program
iProov has won a two-year contract valued at £11.6 million to supply its verification software for the government’s One Login for Government program. Other contracts were signed with a facial authentication solution provider and liveness detection startup. Back in...
Police in Delhi impose face recognition upon public ahead of Independence Day
Face recognition software is being leveraged by police in Delhi to keep disruptive incidents to a minimum ahead of India's Independence Day celebrations on August 15. Despite controversy surrounding police use of biometric screening tactics, these measures are...
IDW Asia Sponsor Ping Identity to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.8 Billion
Identity Week Asia Gold Sponsor, Ping Identity, is to be acquired by Thoma Bravo in an all-cash $2.8 Billion deal, representing $28.50 per share. Thoma Bravo is a private equity investment firm providing capital and strategic consulting. The deal is a testament to...
EU: ETIAS system pushed back to November 2023
The EU's European Travel Information and Authorisation System which was due to be introduced in May 2013 for non-EU visitors will now be delayed by an extra six months. Once launched, non-European visitors with visa-waiver status between the ages of 18-70 will be...
Identity Week Asia 2022: Transforming the APAC identity marketplace
Identity Week Asia, the leading identity and trust event for the APAC region, will be returning to the Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore to bring together government, enterprise, and partners on 6-7 September. Launched in 2019, the event is focused around...
Customs and Border Protection must check credentials of biometrics partners
In recent months, a biometric entry-exit program led the Customs and Border Protection has got progressively underway using photo-matching technology to verify travellers across various ports of entry in the U.S. However, according to reviews by the U.S. Government...
Philippine mobile e-wallet gets upgraded with digital assets
GCash, a popular mobile e-wallet in the Philippines, is to be upgraded with digital assets that can be traded on the platform. The wallet provider boasts over 60 million users and 5 million merchants. During a Web 3.0 workshop at Virtusio International, Niel Trinidad,...
Sony unlocks in-camera forgery-proof technology
Today, Sony has today announced the availability of its in-camera forgery proof photo technology for corporate business users. Using digital signatures processed at capture, Sony technology supports to detect any modification to an image thus protecting it from...