Vancouver-based identity verification specialist Trulioo has announced that the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media — known in Germany as the Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (KJM) — has […]

IDnow is commending Germany’s Federal Network Agency (aka the Bundesnetzagentur) for a decision that clears the way for new forms of identity verification in the country. The decision was made […]

Jumio is flagging regulatory changes in Europe that are going to have a big impact on the social and online gaming industries. In a new post on the company’s website, […]

Onfido has released a short primer on the new online gambling regulations that will soon be going into effect in Germany. The country is currently in a transition period after […]

Media distributors in Germany can now use Onfido to verify the ages of people trying to gain access to age-restricted content. The decision comes courtesy of Germany’s Commission for the […]

Yoti is now an approved form of age verification for age-restricted sites in Germany. The news comes courtesy of the German Association for Voluntary Self-Regulation of Digital Media service providers (FSM), […]

Signicat has become the first company outside of Germany to offer support for the country’s new Neue Personalausweis (nPA) digital identity card. The nPA cards were first introduced in 2017, […]

Another round of independent testing has confirmed the considerable speed of biometric matching technology DERMALOG, and demonstrates that the Hamburg-based company has improved its iris recognition algorithm. The testing comes […]

German authorities will trial facial recognition technologies at Berlin’s Suedkreuz station. As The Local’s German outlet reports, in a recent interview with the newspaper Tagesspiegel, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere […]

German officials are planning to use speech recognition technology to help identify the countries of origin of the many migrants applying for refugee status. The Federal Migration Office (BAMF) already […]