For years, online ‘age gates’ have meant a checkbox, a self-declared birthdate, or a ‘by continuing you confirm you’re over 18’. That is all about to change. Across multiple countries, regulators are now treating age-restricted access as something that must be enforceable, as well as privacy-preserving.
His Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) has formally started market engagemen…
Counterfeiters are no longer limited to simple print and overlay methods to make counterfeit security feature…
On 15 April 2026, the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) i…
Security printing has always borrowed optical phenomena from physics and c…
Over the weekend of 18-19 April 2026, Beijing staged its second ‘Human and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon’. According to Reuters, more than 300 humanoid robots took part alongside, but segregated from, 12,000 humans.
The ID4Africa AGM 2026 (12-15 May) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, set out to move the conversation from deploying digital public infrastructure to the work of running national ID as a full-life system.
2024-2025 saw some major mergers and acquisitions activity within the ID and secure document industry, with IDEMIA Group negotiating with IN Groupe for the acquisition of IDEMIA Smart Identity (Septe…
South Africa’s transport authorities are re-tendering for a next-generation physical driving licence card, with the …
2024-2025 saw some major mergers and acquisitions activity within the ID and secure document industry, …
For years, online ‘age gates’ have meant a checkbox, a self-declared birthdate, or a ‘by …
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