Armenia Approves Rules for Biometric Passports and ID Cards Issued Through Private Partner
Armenia’s government has approved the rules for issuing new biometric passports and identification cards through a private partner, with the new documents to…
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Moldova E-Government Chief Resigns After Hack Exposed Data Tied to 750,000 ID Numbers
The director of Moldova’s e-Government Agency (AGE) has resigned after a cyberattack in which, according to the agency, attackers extracted personal data…
New York Law Requires Age Verification Before AI Chatbots Offer Restricted Features
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a law that bars companies from offering a set of AI chatbot features to minors and requires them to verify users’…
CCIA Sues to Block Alabama’s App Store Age Verification Law
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has filed a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new app store law, arguing that its age verification and…
Ofcom Identifies Four Age Check Methods for UK’s Under-16 Social Media Ban
Ofcom has identified four age assurance methods that it considers “currently capable of being highly effective” at establishing whether a social media user is…
ICASA Proposes Biometric Home Affairs Checks for SIM Activations, Swaps and Existing Subscribers
South Africa’s communications regulator has proposed requiring mobile operators to verify subscribers’ identities biometrically against Department of Home…
Fold CEO Will Reeves Says Repeated KYC Collection Multiplies Breach Risk
Requiring every financial institution to collect and store its own copies of customers’ identity documents spreads sensitive data across many organizations and…
Oracle Expands OCI Identity Assurance, Plans Biometric Checks for AI Agent Approvals
Oracle has expanded OCI Identity Assurance, the biometric verification feature in its cloud identity and access management service, and plans to use it to…
Apple Adds Selfie Age Estimation for Adult Confirmation in iOS 27.2
Apple has added a selfie option for adults who need to confirm their age on an Apple Account, using an age-estimation model that evaluates images of the user’s…
Trust Stamp Signs Three-Year Deal With BLIP for Nigerian Government Identity Programs
Trust Stamp has signed a three-year technology services and data sovereignty agreement with BLIP Limited, a Nigerian technology provider that runs…