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UK Government to Hold Consultation on Live Facial Recognition Before Wider Roll-Out

The Labour government will consult the public on the use of live facial recognition (LFR) before making any decisions about expanding deployments across…

September 29, 2025

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ID Tech Digest – August 20, 2025

Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Keeper Security…

August 20, 2025

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AI Update: AI Drones Deliver Russia’s Pearl Harbor

Welcome to the newest edition of ID Tech’s AI update. Here’s the latest big news on the shifting landscape of AI and identity technology: AI was a key agent in…

June 6, 2025

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British High School Gets Formal Reprimand Over Facial Recognition Use

Chelmer Valley High School in Chelmsford, Essex, has received a formal reprimand from the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for using facial…

July 23, 2024

French Data Protection Authority Opens Investigation Into Worldcoin

French data protection authority CNIL has initiated an investigation into Worldcoin, a web3 startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, over concerns related to…

July 28, 2023

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UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office ‘Will Be Working With Industry’ On Biometrics Guidelines

The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office has laid out a three-year plan with respect to its mandate, and it includes some oversight concerning…

July 15, 2022

UK Hits Clearview With £7.5 Million Fine

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK has handed down its final judgment in its investigation of Clearview AI. The privacy watchdog had…

June 6, 2022

Arritech's QGen Online 2.0: Streamlining Risk Compliance with AI

Yoti Highlights Age Estimation Tech on Safer Internet Day

Ahead of the finalization of the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Age Appropriate Design Code, and in acknowledgment of Safer Internet Day, Yoti…

February 10, 2021

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UK Commissioner Investigates Use of Biometric Surveillance in London

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched an investigation into the use of facial recognition surveillance technology in the Granary Square…

August 16, 2019

How Facial Recognition Helps Meet HIPAA's Demands

PRASM Announces New MOUs With Healthcare Organizations

UPDATE: June 3, 2018, PRASM announced via Twitter it has closed its public sale. Ahead of a pending Initial Coin Offering, Korea-based PRASM has announced new…

June 1, 2018

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FaceTec’s patented, industry-leading 3D Face Verification and Reverification software anchors digital identity, creating a chain of trust from user onboarding to ongoing authentication on all modern smart devices and webcams. FaceTec’s 3D FaceMaps™ finally make trusted, remote identity verification possible. As the only technology backed by a persistent spoof bounty program and NIST/iBeta Certified Liveness Detection, FaceTec is the global standard for 3D Liveness and Face Matching with millions of users on six continents in financial services, border security, transportation, blockchain, e-voting, social networks, online dating and more. www.facetec.com

Unico is a global identity network that forges trust between people & companies. We identify people globally so they can have safe, efficient and private digital access to services around the world. Unico is present in over 20 countries, and serves 165 million users with over 1.5 billion identity verifications every year. We are the leading global identity network. www.unico.io

Innovatrics is an EU-based provider of trusted biometric solutions for governments and enterprises. Our algorithms consistently rank among the fastest and most accurate in fingerprint, face, and iris recognition. Since 2004, we have partnered with all types of organisations to build trusted and flexible biometric identification solutions. Our solutions are used in more than 80 countries, benefiting over a billion people worldwide. www.innovatrics.com

Identity Week aims to be a significant identity industry catalyst. It’s our mission is to help accelerate the move towards a world where trusted identity solutions enable governments and commercial organisations to provide citizens, employees, customers and consumers with a multitude of opportunities to transact in a seamless, yet secure manner. All the while preventing the efforts of those intent on doing harm. identityweek.net

The Biometric Digital Identity Prism is a market landscape framework designed to help influencers and decision makers understand, innovate, and implement digital identity technologies and solutions. This innovative framework for understanding and evaluating the rapidly evolving biometric digital identity marketplace is the only market model that is truly biometric-centric based on the foundational conviction that in the age of digital transformation the only true, reliable link between humans and their digital data is biometrics. www.the-prism-project.com