Yardstik Raises $30M to Extend Identity Fraud Checks Past the Point of Hire
Yardstik has raised $30 million in a Series B led by Harbert Growth Partners, bringing the Minneapolis workforce screening company’s total capital raised to…
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Project Lifesaver Adopts FaceTec UR Codes Nationwide for Locator Bracelets
Project Lifesaver International is adding FaceTec UR Codes to the locator bracelets it issues to people at risk of wandering. The change lets a member of the…
Apple Asks Judge to End Photos Faceprint Class Action, Citing Samsung Ruling
Apple has asked an Illinois federal judge to rule in its favour in the class action over faceprints in the Photos app, citing an appeals court decision issued…
Brazil Sues Discord Over Age Verification Failures, a Day After Fining TikTok
Brazil has sued Discord for $97 million, saying the chat platform still shows flaws in the mechanisms it uses to check how old its users are. The public civil…
Draft OMB Memo Would Make Login.gov the Default Sign-On Across Federal Websites
The Office of Management and Budget has circulated a draft policy that would require federal agencies to use Login.gov for most public-facing services,…
Slovak Government Approves Under-16 Social Media Ban
Slovakia’s government approved a bill on Wednesday that would stop under-16s from creating social media accounts and require platforms to verify the ages of…
Meta Settlement Puts Age Assurance and Under-13 Removal Under an Independent Auditor
Meta must run what California calls robust age assurance to detect users under 18, identify and remove children under 13, and open those practices to an…
ROC Wins First Federal ABIS Contract Worth Up to $5.1M Over Five Years
ROC has been awarded a five-year contract to supply its automated biometric identification system to a federal national security program, the company said on…
Arizona and LexisNexis Risk Solutions Put the Birth Certificate on a Phone
LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced on Monday a digital birth credential developed with the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Department of…
Court Blocks Federal Demand for the Commercial Driver Licence Database
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from obtaining the full…