Government authorities in India are planning to use facial recognition to verify the identities of citizens getting their COVID-19 vaccinations, and is already piloting the technology in the state of […]

Privacy advocates are already pushing back against South Africa’s proposed biometric registration plan. Under the new policy, the government would collect fingerprint and facial biometrics for every child born in […]

IDmission is having quite a year. Seeing a growing array of market opportunities, the identity verification specialist announced the appointment of a new Chief Revenue Officer in June, positioning itself […]

Singapore citizens will soon be able to use their faces to gain access to various government services. The country will specifically allow people to use facial recognition to log into […]

Scott Morrison’s Australian government has shared some more details about its anticipated digital business plan, which will allocate $800 million to help businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Prime […]

With business activity having ramped up for the beginning of autumn, this week brought some pretty big news for the biometrics industry. Naturally, a few of these developments found their […]

Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has said it is expecting that the biometric component of its myGovID program will be ready for a public beta test rollout later this year. […]

India’s Election Commission is pitching new legislation that would link a citizen’s voter ID card with their Aadhaar number. The legislation would amend the 1951 Representation of the People Act, […]

“Aadhaar is the world’s most ambitious civil biometric identity program. Indian citizens are assigned an Aadhaar number connected to biometric registration including fingerprint, iris, and face biometrics…” Government officials from […]

A new report from the Dalberg consulting firm suggests that India’s Aadhaar program is currently excluding some of the country’s most vulnerable demographics. The report specifically calls attention to India’s […]