A RAND Europe study commissioned by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has called for layered oversight when security agencies deploy biometrics, digital identity and other emerging technologies. The […]

Yoti will remove its Digital ID app from Apple’s App Store and Google Play in Spain on September 10 as it continues a court challenge against the Spanish Data Protection […]

Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority has launched an electronic biometric verification system that lets users complete identity checks and electronic signatures inside mobile applications rather than at a company branch. […]

An unsecured storage bucket belonging to people-search service ClarityCheck exposed more than 9 million image files, mostly faces, a researcher found.

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has called for stronger governance of police facial recognition after completing five audits that produced 107 recommendations for forces in England and Wales. The audits […]

Papua New Guinea has opened public consultation on three bills that would establish legal foundations for data protection, cybersecurity, verifiable credentials and digital trust services across the country’s emerging digital […]

WhatsApp is testing privacy-focused ways for users in India to confirm their age, including a prompt that asks some people to enter a date of birth. The company says participation […]

Ghana has made biometric verification the required method for organizations checking a Ghana Card, replacing routine visual inspection and the collection of photocopies or scans. The rule directs covered institutions […]

Indian identity and trust technology company IDfy has won Code for Consent, a government-run competition to find systems that can manage user consent and data governance at the scale India’s […]