Cambridge Plans First Live Facial Recognition Deployment
Cambridgeshire Constabulary plans to use live facial recognition in Cambridge city centre for the first time on Friday, October 2, following deployments in…
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UK Invites Providers to Test Machine-Readable Digital Identity Register
The UK’s Office for Digital Identities and Attributes, known as OfDIA, is inviting digital-verification providers to test the onboarding process for a…
British Transport Police Trial Scanned 500,000 Faces, Produced No Direct Arrests in First Phase
British Transport Police scanned more than 500,000 people with live facial recognition during the first phase of a trial at London rail stations, but the…
NHS Plans AAL2 Passkey Update for Self-Claimed Care IDs
NHS England has detailed a passkey change for its self-claimed Care ID service in the latest Care Identity Management release. Version 9.1 is scheduled to use…
Ofcom Investigates Pornhub’s Use of Apple Age Assurance in UK
UK regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into Pornhub operator Aylo’s use of Apple’s device-level age assurance to control access to the adult site.…
Revolut Trials Face-Based Payments at Three London Cafes
Revolut is testing payments authenticated by facial recognition at three Kiss the Hippo cafes in London. Its Pay with Smile pilot runs from September 24…
Device Intelligence Is No Longer a Proxy for Identity Trust
Regula’s Henry Patishman examines the limits of device trust and explains why fresh identity evidence matters when high-risk interactions demand verification.
North Yorkshire Schedules First Live Facial Recognition Deployment
The UK’s North Yorkshire Police will deploy live facial recognition in York city center on September 23, marking the force’s first planned use of the…
Insolvency Service Secures First Companies House Identity Verification Convictions
The UK’s Insolvency Service has secured its first convictions for Companies House identity-verification offences, with three directors fined at City of London…
GOV.UK One Login Expands Passkeys to More Than 23 Million Users
GOV.UK One Login is expanding optional passkey sign-in to more than 23 million account holders following an initial trial with over 300,000 users. A passkey…