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New on the Biometric Update Podcast: Amantrue CEO Evin McMullen and SIA's Cameron Walker-Miller on keeping security, privacy and control in place as digital ID and agentic AI scale.
#AgenticAI #DigitalIdentity
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Researchers at Guangdong Polytechnic Institute built a GAN framework to restore partially hidden faces while preserving identity. They report 71.3% recognition accuracy in noisy conditions with under 70% occlusion.
#FacialRecognition #AI
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Paravision has launched an ISO/ICAO Image Quality Suite that checks facial images against travel document standards. It returns pass/fail results plus the measurements behind them.
#Biometrics #BorderSecurity
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South Africa is adding R150 million (US$9M) to build technical capacity for MyMzansi, its digital public infrastructure platform. Separately, the Reserve Bank is planning a reusable digital ID credential for payments.
#DigitalID #DPI
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Jumio has completed the global rollout of its selfie.DONE reusable identity product. The company says its newest models detect up to 70% more deepfakes, and it added 30+ customers in Q3.
#ReusableID #Deepfakes
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Sri Lanka is seeking Chinese support for a National Sovereign AI Computing Centre. The country has about 5 MW of data center capacity, while officials estimate it needs 25 to 50 MW in the short term.
#SovereignAI #DataCenters
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The Yaoundé Declaration, adopted at Cameroon's eGov'A 2026 summit, urges African governments to build interoperable digital ID, payments and data exchange. It calls for critical public data to be hosted domestically by 2030.
#DigitalID #DPI
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The UK has published a draft code on how public authorities can share personal data with registered digital verification services under the Data (Use and Access) Act. Biometric data needs an extra legal condition.
#DigitalID #DataProtection
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Facewatch says it supports tighter UK regulation of facial recognition as Big Brother Watch campaigns against its use in stores. SAI has also partnered with the Retail Trust on retail worker safety.
#FacialRecognition #Retail
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French police are using facial recognition, social media images and footage from 80,000 Paris cameras to identify suspects after last weekend's riots. A dozen specialist officers are running the face searches.
#FacialRecognition #LawEnforcement
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Switzerland will offer an optional biometric ID card from November 2, with a chip storing a facial image and two fingerprints. Citizens can still choose the non-biometric card, and the fee stays at CHF 65 for adults.
#DigitalID #Biometrics
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Namirial has agreed to acquire Madrid-based ZeroComa, an e-invoicing and e-notification provider with more than 650 customers, ahead of Spain's planned mandatory e-invoicing. The deal is subject to closing conditions.
#DigitalTrust #eInvoicing
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Somalia's NIRA has begun issuing biometric national ID cards to citizens returning from Yemen, with the national refugee commission. About two million people are enrolled so far, toward a 15 million target by 2029.
#DigitalID #Somalia
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Uganda is moving to use its National Identification Number as the tax ID for individuals, and URA has deployed 80 biometric fingerprint scanners to link records. An opposition MP asks how it will cover people without a NIN.
#DigitalID #Uganda
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Persona has launched an open research grant program offering up to $100,000 per award for university projects on data privacy, fraud intelligence and accessible identity. There's no cap on awards.
#FraudPrevention #DigitalIdentity
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Police & Sheriffs Press is adding FaceTec's biometric UR Codes to its secure ID cards. FaceTec expects them to reach 6,000 law enforcement agencies within 24 months.
#LawEnforcement #Biometrics
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Identy's latest fingerprint algorithm cut its error rate 19% from its February debut in NIST's FRIF benchmark. NEC, Hisign, Algorithms Inc., Miaxis and Griaule also submitted new algorithms.
#Fingerprint #Biometrics
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Ondato has partnered with Trinsic so businesses can verify customers with EU Digital Identity Wallets as they launch. Hopae has added Germany's d-you and Denmark's AltID wallets to its sandbox.
#EUDIWallet #DigitalIdentity
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Can your helpdesk tell whether a caller is the real account owner? Seventh Sense says SenseCrypt IdP pairs passkeys with live-face verification, without storing face images or templates.
#Passkeys #Biometrics
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Sumsub's Liveness solution has passed iBeta Level 3 PAD testing under ISO/IEC 30107-3, with none of 900 presentation attacks succeeding on Android or iOS. Buyers should check how test conditions match their deployment.
#LivenessDetection #Biometrics
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