Digital Identity Friday Five: August 2, 2024
Digital Identity Friday Five: August 2, 2024
Covering the most interesting news for the week of July 27 to August 2
Today is Friday, August 2. Here are five things in #digitalidentity that I found interesting this week
1/ Notified and CLEAR Bring Identity Verification to GlobeNewswire Press Releases
Interesting press release about bringing #IDV to press releases!
Notified and CLEAR announced an exclusive agreement to integrate CLEAR® identity verification technology into Notified’s GlobeNewswire® press release distribution platform
"This collaboration will enhance trust in financial, regulatory and corporate communications by confirming that press releases are issued by a verified individual" said the release
2/ PYMNTS: Velera Debuts ID Verification Tool for Credit Union Members
"IDCheck supports an omnichannel fraud fighting and prevention strategy to safeguard credit unions and their members participating in Co-op Shared Branch.” said Amy Evans of PSCU / Velera
3/ China's leading apps, including Weixin/WeChat and Taobao Marketplace, test proposed national cyber ID system
Chinese Ministry of Public Security announced proposed regulation for "National Cyber ID Authentication"
In the program, Chinese internet users can apply for a virtual ID, "on a voluntary basis" to verify their identities online without disclosing sensitive personal information, such as national ID numbers, to the platforms
#eid #govID
4/ Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement in State of Texas biometric data lawsuit
The suit, filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in February 2022, accused Meta of capturing and using the biometric data of millions of Texas residents — which was contained in uploaded photos and videos on Facebook — without legally required permissions
Texas, unlike State of Illinois, has no private right of action for citizens so this money it going to Texas revenue coffers
A #TexasScorecard article sheds light on where this money may be spent, link below 👇
#dontmesswithtexas
5/ Google: How we're addressing explicit fake content in Search
Google Product Manager Emma Higham shared a blog post about how Google is "making improvements to help people affected by non-consensual sexually explicit fake content, often known as "deepfakes."
#deepfakes
And those are this week’s #fridayfive
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*** LINKS
CLEAR: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/notified-clear-bring-industry-leading-130000373.html
VELERA: https://www.pymnts.com/identity/2024/velera-debuts-id-verification-tool-for-credit-union-members/
CHINA: https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-leading-apps-including-wechat-093000231.html
TEXAS: https://texasscorecard.com/state/will-texans-see-relief-after-1-4-billion-settlement-with-meta/
GOOGLE: https://blog.google/products/search/google-search-explicit-deep-fake-content-update/