With Royal Assent, UK Data (Use and Access) Bill is now law
Today, the UK Data (Use and Access) Bill attained Royal Assent, making it law and establishing a legal basis for…
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UK inches towards digital ID clarity with passage of Data (Use and Access) Bill
The UK House of Lords has passed the government’s Data (Use and Access) Bill, bringing it within a royal signature…
Hippo Digital wins contract to review UK MoD’s identity verification
The UK Ministry of Defense has awarded a contract to Hippo Digital to assess its identity verification and validation systems…
World enters UK market with deployment of biometric Orbs in London
The lofty aspirations of digital identity and proof-of-personhood (PoP) firm World must build on the more pedestrian accomplishment of convincing…
Trans-Atlantic biometrics regulation initiative names new co-rapporteur
A joint European-U.S. legal project focused on creating guidelines for biometric technology regulation has named a new collaborative leader. The…
Reimagined UK digital ID, wallet proposed by Labour think-tank
The UK government is considering a proposal to issue a national smartphone-based verifiable digital identity credential to every adult in…
DSIT seeks firm for ‘independent assurance’ to improve DIATF certification scheme
The UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has issued a tender for an organization to assist third-party conformity…
UK police ask for more funds as it expands facial recognition use
UK’s police chiefs have asked the government to commit £220 million (US$296 million) annually for the next three years to…
Ada Lovelace Institute questions legality of facial recognition in UK
Deployments of biometric technologies, such as facial recognition and emotion recognition, may not be lawful in the UK, according to…
Biometric Update Podcast connects with ADVP
In this episode of the Biometric Update Podcast, host Joel McConvey talks to representatives from the Association of Document Verification…
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