UK OfDIA Survey Finds Regulatory Fragmentation Top Barrier to Cross-Border Digital Identity
The UK’s Office for Digital Identities and Attributes has published the results of a stakeholder survey on the cross-border use of digital identities and…
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Exposed Persona Frontend Reveals Extensive Biometric Surveillance Stack Behind Age Verification
Security researchers investigating Discord’s age-verification implementation have discovered a publicly exposed frontend belonging to Persona Identities, Inc.,…
Gauteng Provincial Treasury Tenders for Biometric Personnel Vetting System
The Gauteng Provincial Treasury has issued a tender for a web-based biometric authentication system for end-to-end personnel vetting across the Gauteng…
W3C Advances Decentralized Identifiers with Updated v1.1 Working Draft
The W3C Decentralized Identifier Working Group has published an updated Working Draft of Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.1 advancing a specification that…
EPIC Asks FTC to Investigate Meta’s Facial Recognition Smart Glasses Plans
The Electronic Privacy Information Center sent letters to the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general on February 13, 2026, requesting a prompt…
Canada Publishes Biometric Exemption Policy for FIFA-Invited World Cup 2026 Visitors
The Government of Canada has formally published a temporary public policy exempting certain FIFA-invited foreign nationals from the standard biometric…
White Paper Targets Healthcare Identity Gaps With Biometric UR Codes
FaceTec has published a new white paper positioning its UR Code protocol as a way to strengthen identity binding in healthcare, where demographic matching and…
NEXT Biometrics Wins First Oyster III Government Order in Malaysia
NEXT Biometrics has secured its first order for the Oyster III biometric fingerprint reader in Malaysia, with the devices destined for use in Malaysian…
Neurotechnology Updates MegaMatcher Suite with ISO-Compliant Face Liveness and Privacy Workflows
Neurotechnology has released version 2025.2 of its MegaMatcher product family, introducing ISO-aligned face presentation attack detection and new…
Alloc8 and TruCrowd Partner on Verified-Identity Ticketing in the UK with International Biometric Roadmap
UK ticketing technology firm Alloc8 and identity provider TruCrowd have announced a partnership to deliver verified-identity ticketing, embedding TruCrowd’s ID…