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ID Tech Digest – November 1, 2024

November 1, 2024

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: Texas Law Shields Tinder and OKCupid […]

IDEMIA Gets World-First ISO Mobile ID Certification

May 21, 2024

IDEMIA has attained certification for its mIDReader and Verify SDK based on the International Standard Organization ISO 18013 Part 5: Mobile driving license (mDL) application standard—a significant milestone as major […]

Illinois Legislature Passes Milestone Biometric Privacy Amendment

May 17, 2024

SB2979 has passed Illinois’ House of Representatives, clearing the way for it to be signed into law. The bill is designed to significantly reduce certain liabilities under the state’s Biometric […]

Rules and Oversight in the Spotlight – Identity News Digest

December 11, 2023

Welcome to FindBiometrics’ digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: EU Negotiators Reach a Deal on AI […]

WEF Paper Outlines ‘Significant Risks’ of Digital ID

July 4, 2023

The concept of digital ID “poses significant risks,” the most serious of which potentially being “exclusion, marginalization and oppression.” That’s one warning from a new World Economic Forum (WEF) “Insight […]

Google Settles BIPA Lawsuit for $100 Million

June 7, 2022

Google is the latest tech giant to reach a settlement in a BIPA case. The company was facing a class action lawsuit that originated with the Face Grouping feature in […]

Court Allows Non-Facebook Users to Proceed with BIPA Lawsuit Against Meta

April 1, 2022

$650 million was not enough to resolve all of Meta’s legal problems in Illinois. That record-breaking 2020 settlement stemmed from a lawsuit that alleged that the tech giant (then known […]

Utah Passes New Data Privacy Law

March 25, 2022

Utah Governor Spencer Cox has officially signed a new data protection act into law. The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) echoes similar legislation in California, Colorado, and Virginia, and will […]

California Proposes Stricter Data Privacy Regulations

February 21, 2022

A California State Senator is pushing a stronger biometric privacy law. The proposed California Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) would supplant the existing California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and create a […]

Judges Define Statute of Limitations for BIPA Lawsuits

September 23, 2021

The Illinois First District Appellate Court has issued a ruling that sets clearer guidelines for those filing a civil suit under the Biometric Information Privacy Act. The ruling comes from […]

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Anonybit is a privacy-focused technology platform that provides decentralized solutions for securing personal data, particularly biometric information. Rather than storing sensitive data in centralized repositories, which are vulnerable to breaches, Anonybit uses a distributed architecture that breaks data into smaller encrypted bits and stores them across a network of decentralized nodes. This approach ensures that no single entity has access to the full dataset, enhancing privacy and security, even preventing insider threats. Anonybit is used by leading banks, fintechs and other enterprises for critical biometric identity functions like deduplication and blocklist checks, step up authentication, passwordless login and account recovery https://anonybit.io/

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. https://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. https://www.the-prism-project.com

ID R&D is an innovator of biometric facial liveness, document liveness, and voice biometrics. Ranked #1 by NIST, our patented passive approach to liveness, and specialized detection of voice clones, injection attacks and deepfakes, empowers KYC and authentication systems with fast, accurate and secure biometric verification technologies. Over 140 partners in more than 70 countries are collectively processing hundreds of millions of identity checks per year. ID R&D solutions easily integrate with mobile, web, messaging, smart speakers, set-top boxes, and IoT devices. Learn more: www.idrnd.ai

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