Masha Borak

The Data Ethics Council has urged the police to clarify which specific criminal offences serve as the basis for the use of facial and object recognition.

The certification covers its onboarding suite, used for customer identification through video recognition, biometrics and remote signature verification.

Smile to Pay, a biometric payment method offered by Russia's Sberbank, has expanded its network of biometric payment terminals at public transportation systems.

The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is opening a new channel dedicated to digital identity on its Marketplace platform.

The European Parliament is supporting an EU-wide digital minimum age of 16 for accessing social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions.

This week EU member states representatives agreed on a plan for negotiating a new law on the EU digital travel app and its use on external borders.

Computer vision models are based on image datasets that have historically been collected with little concern about ethics or lack of diversity.

The European Commission unveiled amendments on Wednesday designed to simplify its digital regulatory framework, including the AI Act and data privacy rules.

The company is also making changes to its verification requirements following criticism from the app developer community.

On Tuesday, Companies House plans to introduce mandatory identity verification for company directors and people with significant control (PSCs).

An increase in demand is sprouting new collaborations and products designed to prevent fraud, including those from firms such as Credolab and Regula.

The Swiss government is laying down the legal groundwork for the introduction of biometric identity cards by the end of 2026.

The framework, however, has raised concerns about legally sensitive data requests among tech companies, including those in the identity verification industry.

The malware app was found circulating online outside of the official Google Play app store, posing as an APK file of the digital ID platform.

Indicio has received investment from NEC Corporation’s venture studio NEC X, which will support its participation in its accelerator program.

Greece will be testing European Digital Identity Wallet use cases such as DTCs, payment, travel and mobility as part of the Aptitude consortium.

The integration means that users can re-use their Human ID for KYC processes on different platforms, including financial services platforms.

9 million people are registered under the biometric iris system, IrisGuard Deputy Director Simon Reed told Biometric Update in an interview earlier this year.

The duo did not disclose the value of the deal. SEK, however, said it expects global revenues to exceed 1 billion Brazilian reais (US$185.6 million) in 2025.

The online dating platform is becoming the first to introduce user verification through a national electronic identity (eID).