eGovernment comes of age: Digital IDs are removing the barriers to public services for citizens, improving quality and efficiency for providers
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Data compliance start-up raises $11m investment after another funding round
Securing another funding round led by Molten Ventures, data startup Worldr has reached $11m in seed investment. Worldr surfaced in 2019 with zero trust architecture for high-profile communications platforms like Whatsapp, to help solve data compliance issues in the...
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India government assign Aadhaar digital ID to newborns
Indian citizens will now be assigned a unique digital ID number from birth, in further expansion of the Aadhaar registry scheme. A birth certificate is one of the most primitive identity documents that an individual will obtain in their lives; there is indication that...
Veridos and INCM deliver next generation of modern ePassports to Latvia
Veridos, a leading global provider of identity solutions, will deliver 1.25 million latest-generation ePassports to Latvia in cooperation with the Portuguese state printer INCM. In addition to the documents, the order from the Office of Citizenship and Migration...
Harder rules over police biometrics come into effect in Scotland
Stricter rules introduced in Scotland will now govern the police's use of facial recognition technologies to carry out stop searches and arrests, which often lead to bias and discriminatory behaviour. The new guidelines restrict the police's power to conduct...
Challenges for government’s One Login
Since launching, the government's One Login identity verification service has been a successful initiative to digitally secure public access to government services and sites. One year on in August, Natalie Jones, Director of Digital Identity at Government Digital...
Privacy and security should be guiding principles of NHS federated data platform, says National Data Guardian
Dr Nicola Byrne, the National Data Guardian for health and adult social care in England, has spoken out about her high expectations for the planned NHS federated data platform to abide by strong privacy and security frameworks. However, according to the Guardian, the...
TECH5 integrates IDVoice speaker recognition technology of ID R&D with T5-Digital ID
TECH5, a leading innovator in the field of biometrics and digital identity management, today announced the integration of their T5-Digital ID with IDVoice®, the AI-based speaker recognition product from ID R&D. With the addition of IDVoice, T5-Digital ID now...
AuthenticID integrates with Ping Identity’s DaVinci
AuthenticID announced a new integration with Ping Identity, the intelligent identity solution for the enterprise, leveraging PingOne DaVinci, a no-code identity orchestration service. The partnership will allow users of DaVinci to integrate AuthenticID’s...
CBP halts use of passport stamps
Customs and Border Protection is no longer issuing entry stamps on passports for foreign travellers entering the U.S., in an effort to further facilitate “borderless”, streamlined travel. The policy will be implemented at other ports of entry across the U.S....
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ID Week Europe 2023: First 50 speaker drop!
Each year we gather a stellar line-up of identity thought leaders, many with decades of experience in the industry, to pave the future for faster and more seamless identity services. Our sessions, including panels, keynotes, roundtables and presentations, are designed...
Emirates signs landmark biometric data agreement
In collaboration with the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA), Emirates airline is now offering international travellers the opportunity to speed up their airport experience by consenting to the use of biometric data. The agreement...
Italy bans facial recognition until new law introduced
Italy’s Data Protection Agency issued a blanket ban on all uses of facial recognition on Monday, but exempting its use to manage crime and prosecute or exonerate suspects. Facial biometrics will not be permitted until a new law is passed or at the earliest, the end of...
British Airways trials face biometrics, physical passports are secondary ID
The UK’s number #1 trusted airline, British Airways has begun a pilot trial of facial biometric systems, making physical passports a secondary ID requirement. Physical documents are expected to continue being used in years to come as proof of identity, while...
Removing police power to use LFR surveillance
One failing of biometric technology can be attributed to algorithm bias, which can commonly occur due to the immaturity of technologies. This can cause varying match results across different demographic groups. Whilst the infancy of biometric technologies is one...
IDEMIA outperforms competition in latest NIST latent fingerprint benchmark test for forensic applications
Global Identity technologies leader IDEMIA once again is the proven leader offering the most accurate algorithms on both fingerprint and palm datasets in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s latest Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies....
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Veridos and INCM deliver next generation of modern ePassports to Latvia
Veridos, a leading global provider of identity solutions, will deliver 1.25 million latest-generation ePassports to Latvia in cooperation with the Portuguese state printer INCM. In addition to the documents, the order from the Office of Citizenship and Migration...
CBP halts use of passport stamps
Customs and Border Protection is no longer issuing entry stamps on passports for foreign travellers entering the U.S., in an effort to further facilitate “borderless”, streamlined travel. The policy will be implemented at other ports of entry across the U.S....
ID Week Europe 2023: First 50 speaker drop!
Each year we gather a stellar line-up of identity thought leaders, many with decades of experience in the industry, to pave the future for faster and more seamless identity services. Our sessions, including panels, keynotes, roundtables and presentations, are designed...
British Airways trials face biometrics, physical passports are secondary ID
The UK’s number #1 trusted airline, British Airways has begun a pilot trial of facial biometric systems, making physical passports a secondary ID requirement. Physical documents are expected to continue being used in years to come as proof of identity, while...
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Harder rules over police biometrics come into effect in Scotland
Stricter rules introduced in Scotland will now govern the police's use of facial recognition technologies to carry out stop searches and arrests, which often lead to bias and discriminatory behaviour. The new guidelines restrict the police's power to conduct...
TECH5 integrates IDVoice speaker recognition technology of ID R&D with T5-Digital ID
TECH5, a leading innovator in the field of biometrics and digital identity management, today announced the integration of their T5-Digital ID with IDVoice®, the AI-based speaker recognition product from ID R&D. With the addition of IDVoice, T5-Digital ID now...
AuthenticID integrates with Ping Identity’s DaVinci
AuthenticID announced a new integration with Ping Identity, the intelligent identity solution for the enterprise, leveraging PingOne DaVinci, a no-code identity orchestration service. The partnership will allow users of DaVinci to integrate AuthenticID’s...
ID Week Europe 2023: First 50 speaker drop!
Each year we gather a stellar line-up of identity thought leaders, many with decades of experience in the industry, to pave the future for faster and more seamless identity services. Our sessions, including panels, keynotes, roundtables and presentations, are designed...
Emirates signs landmark biometric data agreement
In collaboration with the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA), Emirates airline is now offering international travellers the opportunity to speed up their airport experience by consenting to the use of biometric data. The agreement...
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eGovernment comes of age: Digital IDs are removing the barriers to public services for citizens, improving quality and efficiency for providers
Veridos_eGovernment Comes of Age White Paper_October 2022
Data compliance start-up raises $11m investment after another funding round
Securing another funding round led by Molten Ventures, data startup Worldr has reached $11m in seed investment. Worldr surfaced in 2019 with zero trust architecture for high-profile communications platforms like Whatsapp, to help solve data compliance issues in the...
India government assign Aadhaar digital ID to newborns
Indian citizens will now be assigned a unique digital ID number from birth, in further expansion of the Aadhaar registry scheme. A birth certificate is one of the most primitive identity documents that an individual will obtain in their lives; there is indication that...
Veridos and INCM deliver next generation of modern ePassports to Latvia
Veridos, a leading global provider of identity solutions, will deliver 1.25 million latest-generation ePassports to Latvia in cooperation with the Portuguese state printer INCM. In addition to the documents, the order from the Office of Citizenship and Migration...
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