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TECH5 Group form large partnership to create a decentralised identity-based biometric access control solution
PassiveBolt, ZKTECO USA, PDQ Manufacturing, and TECH5 Group have announced their partnership and plans to develop a new biometric access control solution based on decentralised identity technology. This collaboration is aimed at delivering a more secure and efficient...
HID and iPassport to bring new identity verification solution to the transportation sector
HID, a pioneering innovator in trusted identity and physical security solutions, and iPassport, a cloud-based quality management suite to integrate digital identity technologies, have mutually signed a memorandum of understanding to foreground an AI-enabled passenger...
3 months to go until Identity Week Europe!
There are exactly 3 months until the opening of Identity Week Europe 2023 in Amsterdam - the first upscaled edition to reflect the size and magnitude of this industry's innovation. Our exciting move to Amsterdam is to primarily upgrade a suitable venue to house the...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updates biometrics collection policy
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has revised its policy guidances around mobile biometrics collection for benefits applications. In most cases, the guidelines stipulate that a person must attend a biometrics appointment at a local support services centre...
Celebrating women in identity
On this International Women's Day, we want to take the chance to highlight and celebrate female identity thought leaders within the ecosystem that have always driven and continue to drive successful use cases and bring solutions to the forefront in a largely dominant...
AEGEAN’s digital ID mobile app driven by innovation of gov.gr wallet
AEGEAN's digital wallet gov.gr will be made more interoperable with customers' digital IDs, available in a new mobile application to advance on the Ministry of Digital Governance recently announced ambitions to store a digital version of ID documents on smartphones....
DHS biometrics rally: group size has no impact on processing accuracy and time
The 2022 Biometric Technology Rally, conducted by the Department of Homeland Security, found that the group size of people being captured by face matching software through a border control-like environment had no detrimental impact on accuracy. The undertaking of this...
Collection of biometrics resumes for temporary residence in Canada
For people applying for temporary residency within Canada, news just in from the Government of Canada has confirmed that the collection of biometrics will resume for issuing visa applications. The more streamlined experience of using biometrics is upending lengthy and...
Social media and harmful pornography sites must verify users’ age with “double anonymity”
Social media networks will soon be obliged to adhere to same safety obligations as pornography sites to prevent young users below 15 years old creating accounts. MPs are wanting to strengthen online safety and introduce more intense monitoring of the world-wide web by...
Call for speakers at Identity Week Asia 2023! 🎤
Share your insight and participate in a full stakeholder forum with all of the identity industry based in Asia. We are now accepting enquires to be involved and speak at Identity Week Asia in November 2023, with an expanded conference agenda to cater for any...
Face biometrics used for humanitarian ends in Turkey-Syria earthquake
Whilst facial recognition software is widely recognised as a useful mechanism to eliminate airport chaos, it is truly amazing to see how the advances in facial biometric technology can be used for humanitarian ends - most recently in identifying young victims of...
Foundation offers funding injection for 9 tech projects
Nine exciting tech projects, some offering security tech and biometrics, will be selected to receive a cash injection worth a total of $8.4 million from the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial R&D Foundation. The projects offered the funding will be evaluated by the...
Who is in our Startup City? Intiqab Rawoof, CEO, Premier Fintech LLC
Biometric verification is a powerful tool for ensuring the security and integrity of digital transactions and services, and Premier Fintech LLC is a leading provider of fintech solutions, biometric verification solutions in Qatar and beyond. Biometric verification...
Robert Tappan, IBIA: Falsehood of ‘surveillance’ and bias claims with biometric technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Gil2OuB1Q This interview is with Robert Tappan, Association Executive, International Biometrics & Identity Association who recently refuted claims from some US senators that biometrics used by the Transport Security...
IBIA pushes back on recent statements by 2 U.S. senators seeking ban on face matching technology used by TSA
The International Biometrics and Identity Association is rebutting misleading claims behind media statements released by the offices of 5 senators which conflate the terms "surveillance" and "identity verification". The statements call for a ban on the Transport...
Lithuania airports lead preparations for EU Entry/ Exit System
Lithuanian airports are among the most prepared to implement the impending EU Entry/ Exit System, completing contractual work to adapt spaces in the airport along the passenger travel journey. Self-service kiosks and touchpoints have been erected and assessment has...
Love to save? Snap up our Valentine’s offer
Save €500 on conference pass tickets this Valentines day!Book before the 17th February to take advantage of our current offer of 50% off conference tickets to Identity Week Europe 2023! Now is the best time to secure your ticket and gain unlimited VIP access to...
UK and France prepare for EU Entry/Exit System
Transport government officials from the UK and France, who met in Paris last week, have signalled both countries will work together on the upcoming implementation of the EU's Entry/Exit System, replacing the current protocol of checking passport stamps for seamless...
Panel announcement: age assurance against online harms
https://youtu.be/R4qBLfQwMEw Our Age Assurance track at Identity Week Europe 2023 is populating nicely full of specialists in tackling online harms with regulation, certification, age verification technologies and the media. Ofcom, ACCS, Consult Hyperion and...
Kenya and Japan design biometric management database for newborn vaccination status
Kenya and Japan have jointly designed a fingerprint biometric management database for vaccination records of newborn babies. Partners NEC and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) revealed that early stage clinal trials, held in March 2023, were encouraging to...
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