Editor-in chief. Market intelligence and strategy expert, and long-year speaker, moderator. More than 15 years in global identity verification, age verification, and RegTech markets.
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the ICAO PKD is a secure international directory that allows participating States and trusted users to verify whether an electronic passport or other digital travel credential is genuine. It does this by distributing the digital certificates, or “public keys,” used to confirm that a document was issued by the stated government and has not been altered.
Jumio has completed the Malaysian central bank’s (Bank Negara Malaysia) independent eKYC Breakthrough Assessment which found its biometric onboarding technology successfully met all criteria, the company has announced.
Apple now requires users in the UK to verify their ages and to prove they’re 18 years old or above before they can access “certain services or features."
EDMO, a US leading provider of AI-driven enrollment automation solutions for higher education, announced the launch of Student ID Verification, an advanced AI-powered solution designed to help universities validate student identities, prevent application fraud, and ensure trust across the admissions lifecycle.
This shift, building on the December 2025 under-16 social media ban, forces platforms to adopt privacy-preserving,, proportionate verification methods, guided by new OAIC guidance to ensure safety without compromising user privacy.
The U.S. has made child online safety the number one priority in its newly released National Policy Framework on Artificial Intelligence.
The Nagarik App can verify identity in real time, but outdated laws and institutional inertia still force citizens to carry physical documents.
Precise Biometrics and Fingerprint Cards said their boards have adopted a joint merger plan that would combine the two Swedish companies into a broader biometrics and identity business spanning fingerprint, iris, face and palm technologies.
Reddit has a serious bot problem, and CEO Steve Huffman has been talking about ways that it could prove that posts are crafted by humans – including the possibility that Face ID and Touch ID verification could be required.
IDEMIA and Indicio's strategic partnership combines biometric identity proofing, root-of-trust identity verification, and verifiable credentials to deliver a portable, privacy-preserving identity verification capability that works across institutions and borders, with best-in-class protection against deepfake and synthetic identity fraud.
Privacy Platform Cloaked Raises $375M to Expand Consumer Tools and Enterprise Reach: Cloaked plans to introduce AI agents designed to act on behalf of users to monitor, manage, and enforce privacy preferences and security postures.The post Privacy Platform Cloaked Raises $375M to Expand Consumer Tools and Enterprise Reach appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Gig AI trainers worldwide are selling moments of their lives, including calls and texts, to AI companies for quick cash.
