The G2 Weekly Podcast delivers insights into the world of identity and biometrics. Each week, the podcast will cover important developments in the field, making it a valuable resource for professionals in various sectors.

(June 17, 2025 - June 24, 2025)

• Privacy Under Scrutiny: This week saw the UK’s data regulator fine 23andMe for its significant 2023 data breach, highlighting growing regulatory consequences for mishandling biometric and genetic data. The UK also passed its Data (Use and Access) Bill, setting new IDV and privacy governance standards.

• Next-Gen Biometrics Arrive: Get insights into cutting-edge consumer biometrics, including Google’s ultrasonic sensor upgrade for Pixel 10 and Alipay’s introduction of smart glasses with voice authentication. Plus, discover tech upgrades from STMicroelectronics, Unissey, and Neurotechnology.

• Global Digital ID Acceleration: Witness the surge in national digital ID rollouts and infrastructure advancements across Africa and Asia, with nations like Benin, Tonga, and Malawi expanding digital ID using MOSIP and DPI models. Spain’s strategic investment in a cybersecurity and chip center involving identity companies underscores identity's role in sovereign tech strategies.

• Age Verification Takes Center Stage: Learn about the intensifying push for online safety and age verification globally, with new deployments in Australia and the EU, and the momentum behind decentralized identity tools like World App’s ZKP-based solutions for age verification.

• Fortifying Against Fraud with AI: Explore how companies like Jumio, Facia, and Regula are making breakthroughs in deepfake and morph detection capabilities, alongside Microsoft’s push to delete passwords and Facebook’s global passkey deployment to enhance security.

• Identity Market Confidence Surges: Hear about the renewed market confidence in identity convergence, evidenced by Humanity Protocol’s expansion into ticketing post-acquisition and SecureAuth’s gains from continuous ID tech acquisitions.

• Digital Transformation in Travel: Discover how digital transformation is reshaping travel, with Lufthansa’s partnership with HID and BigBear.ai, and the expansion of biometric passport infrastructure in Nepal and Kyrgyzstan. Clear’s new product strategy also signals deeper enterprise biometric deployment.

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