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FaceTec’s Geoff Slagle Warns Against Overreliance on Visual ID Checks
Organizations relying on staff to inspect identity documents and compare photographs with faces are leaving themselves exposed to forgery and impersonation,…
VA Pilots CLEAR Sign-In for Veterans on VA.gov
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has added CLEAR as a sign-in option for VA.gov under a pilot that lets veterans create or access their accounts with…
CBP Says Facial Biometrics Have Verified More Than 1 Billion Travelers
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has now verified the identity of more than 1 billion travelers using facial biometrics at air, land and sea ports of…
Union Biometrics Wins KRW 17.2 Billion Korean Army Access Control Contract
Union Biometrics has won a KRW 17.2 billion contract from South Korea’s Army headquarters to build a new automated access control system for military bases,…
Sumsub Launches Reusable KYC Gateway With MiniPay as First Integrator
Sumsub has launched Reusable KYC Gateway, a service that lets people verify their identity once and reuse that verification with multiple regulated businesses…
Complaints Over Refused South Korean Mobile IDs Rose 22-Fold in Three Years
Complaints about South Korean mobile IDs being refused or unusable rose about 22-fold in three years, from 105 in 2022 to 2,323 in 2025, according to Ministry…
Denmark Urges End to CPR-Based ID Checks After Breach Exposes 8.8 Million Records
Unauthorized parties obtained the names, addresses and CPR numbers of about 8.8 million people from Denmark’s Central Person Register by abusing a private…
Bosnia’s Biometric Voter Checks Succeeded in Over 97 Percent of Cases, IDDEEA Says
Biometric voter identification succeeded in more than 97 percent of cases at Bosnia and Herzegovina’s October 4 general elections, the first in the country to…
Spain’s Data Protection Agency Tells Councils to Justify Facial Recognition in CCTV Plans
Spain’s data protection authority has warned two municipal councils that planned police video surveillance systems with artificial intelligence features could…
Côte d’Ivoire Launches Study for National Authentication Platform and Digital ID Wallet
Côte d’Ivoire has launched a feasibility study for a national digital authentication platform and a digital identity wallet, with recommendations and an…