Nine Schengen Countries Retain Flexibility to Pause EES Biometrics at Some Borders
Nine Schengen countries are continuing to pause fingerprint and facial-image collection at selected border crossings after temporary flexibility for the…
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UK Allows Certified Digital Proof of Age for Alcohol Sales
Licensed businesses in England and Wales can now accept certified digital proof of age when selling alcohol, giving customers a phone-based alternative to a…
Weapons Seized as Kent Police Debuts Real-Time Face Matching
Kent Police reported two arrests and the recovery of weapons during its first deployment of live facial recognition, carried out in Chatham over two days. The…
TreasuryDirect Begins ID.me Login Transition
TreasuryDirect has begun allowing customers to sign in with ID.me and will make the external digital identity service its only online login method after…
CBP Opens Global Entry Airport Facial Comparison Procurement
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened a procurement for a biometric facial comparison system supporting the modernization of Global Entry processing at…
UK Sets Digital Right-to-Work Rules Ahead of October Expansion
The UK Home Office has issued revised draft guidance that sets out how employers and labor platforms can use digital identity services when expanded Right to…
Malawi Sets September 16 Launch for Nzika Digital ID Wallet
Malawi’s National Registration Bureau is preparing to launch the Nzika Digital ID Wallet on September 16, giving citizens a mobile version of key…
Geraldton Hosts Western Australia Police’s First Regional Face-Scanning Trial
Western Australia Police has taken its overt live facial recognition trial to Geraldton, marking the first regional deployment in a program that began in the…
Nepal Police Adds Photo-Matching Software to Flood Victim Identification
Nepal Police is using DNA analysis, fingerprints and newly developed photo-matching software to identify people killed in the Bhote Koshi floods. The force’s…
ECCV Researchers Combine Two Quality Signals for Face Recognition
Researchers have introduced a face recognition training method that combines two measures of image quality with separate mechanisms for pulling images of the…