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US Labor department explores digital worker identity platform for employment compliance | Biometric Update
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (946+ words) The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is exploring a digital workforce identity system that could link a worker’s verified identity and employment authorization to credentials, wages, training, housing, transportation, and worksite records, using data analytics and potentially AI to identify fraud…...
For EU consumers, trust in EUDI Wallet will need to be earned over time: IDnow
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (390+ words) The deadline for EU member states to offer a digital wallet under the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) scheme is fast approaching. Efforts continue to publicize the rollout and promote the benefits of digital ID. But, according to new research…...
The next bottleneck for African digital identity is infrastructure, not software
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (948+ words) Africa’s next wave of digital identity investment may have surprisingly little to do with biometrics, wallets or credentials. The projects are different, but together they point toward a broader shift. Private capital is moving deeper into the physical infrastructure on…...
A biometric system can be accurate and still fail an accessibility test | Biometric Update
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (225+ words) By Joshua W.J. Brown Accessibility standards make the same point from another direction. Canada’s CAN/ASC-EN 301 549:2024 says that when ICT uses biological characteristics, it must not rely on one particular biological characteristic as the only means of identification or control. The…...
TrustED tests whether Europe’s digital identity model can preserve privacy in the real world | Biometric Update
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (912+ words) By the end of 2026, EU Member States are expected to make European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallets available to citizens. What follows is potentially even more consequential. Very large online platforms will be required to accept an EUDI Wallet when users…...
Feedzai to help secure Canada’s real-time payments launch | Biometric Update
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (429+ words) Peoples Group has announced a partnership with fraud‑prevention firm Feedzai to strengthen defenses ahead of Canada’s Real‑Time Rail (RTR) rollout later this year. RTR will enable payments to clear and settle within seconds, operating continuously around the clock....
South Africa rejects blanket social media age verification for under-16s
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (297+ words) Malatsi made the declaration recently in a Q&A response when asked if the government was considering any such measure as seen in countries like Australia, where a social media age verification regime is in place. “No. There is currently…...
Federal regulators say mDLs can be used for bank identity checks
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (936+ words) Banks and credit unions can use state-issued mobile driver’s licenses and other government-issued verifiable digital credentials to verify the identities of customers opening accounts, federal financial regulators said Tuesday, offering long-sought regulatory clarity on the use of digital identity in…...
Hopae expands cross-border digital identity network with Saudi, Mexico deals
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (410+ words) Hopae and Saudi Arabia’s Technology Control Company (TCC) have partnered to bring cross-border electronic identity verification to the Kingdom, allowing government agencies and enterprises to verify users with more than 70 government-issued digital identities and wallets through Hopae Connect. Officials say…...
Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (615+ words) The cliché popularized by Spider-Man movies that “with great power comes great responsibility” clashes with the popular quote by English historian and politician Lord Acton that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” One is aspirational, one is…...