IDnow Boasts of ‘Eightfold Growth’ in UK Amid Selfie Onboarding Boom
Germany-based identity verification specialist IDnow is celebrating continuing success in the United Kingdom market. In a newly issued statement, the company…
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North Ayrshire Suspends Controversial In-school Face Payments Program
The North Ayrshire Council is already suspending a new face-based payments system in response to pressure from British authorities and privacy advocates. The…
Verogen Guides Cellmark to DNA Sequencing Certification in the UK
Cellmark Forensic Services will soon be offering next-generation sequencing (NGS) services to law enforcement agencies in the UK after receiving ISO17025…
Information Commissioner’s Office Objects to Face-Based Payment System in UK Schools
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is already raising concerns about a new face-based payments system in the UK. The system allows students to pay…
UK Surveillance Commissioner Sides With Police in Facial Recognition Debate
The UK’s new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is breaking from his predecessors on the subject of facial recognition. In that regard,…
UK Deploys IDEMIA’s IDway in Expanded Digital Identity Pilot
IDEMIA will be participating in a new digital identity pilot in the United Kingdom. The trial concerns the British government’s Document Checking Service…
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…
Public and Private Parties Push for Police Facial Recognition in the UK
Credas and the UK’s Surveillance Camera Commissioner are among those asking for clearer guidelines for the public use of facial recognition in the country. The…
U.K. Joins Chinese Facial Recognition Development Program
The Home Office of the United Kingdom has announced that the U.K. is joining China’s FaceR2VM project, which aims to develop facial recognition technology to…
UK Police Face Legal Challenges Over Use of Facial Recognition
Police authorities in the UK are being challenged over their use of public surveillance systems based on facial recognition technology. An organization called…