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OpenID Connect: In a Nutshell

There is a lot of information available about OpenID Connect (OIDC). A quick search online and it’s easy to get lost in technical jargon and still be left clueless as to what it actually is and if it could be useful for your business.  In this blog, we cut through the noise and break it down for you. How did OpenID Connect come to be? Less than a decade ago, businesses in the online retail, search and social media spaces required you to set up an account and your details were stored.  This created two problems: you had to sign

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Yoti releases a new Digital ID app with Lloyds Bank

This follows the £10 million Lloyds Banking Group invested in Yoti to support the development of a new, reusable digital identity proposition London, UK, 2nd October 2023: Yoti has released a new Digital ID app with Lloyds Bank – Lloyds Bank Smart ID. The app gives people a more private, secure and convenient way to prove their age or identity from their phone.  This follows the £10 million investment Lloyds Banking Group made in Yoti earlier this year. The investment supported the development of a new, reusable digital identity app to help combat the growing risks of identity fraud,

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Asking the FTC to approve facial age estimation for verifiable parental consent

Together with the Privacy Certified program of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and Kids Web Services Ltd, a wholly owned Epic Games subsidiary, we are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for approval to implement facial age estimation as an authorised method for verifiable parental consent (VPC). The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires companies to ensure they are not collecting personal data from children under the age of 13 without a parent’s consent. Currently, the COPPA Rule enumerates seven, non-exhaustive methods that enable parents to verify their consent. These include verification by government ID, credit card transaction,

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Integration of Identity verification for salesforce

Yoti identity verification checks now on Salesforce AppExchange

No matter your company’s size, we’re here to make verifying customers more accessible, easy and secure for you. With this in mind, we’re pleased to now offer our identity verification technology on the Salesforce AppExchange – the leading enterprise marketplace with ready-to-install apps and solutions. It’s a ready-made solution and allows you to quickly and securely verify the identity of your customers. Armed with our ID verification, you can increase automation, fight fraud, reduce risk and stay compliant. Start an identity check and receive the results – all in your Salesforce dashboard. This removes the need to see or store

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Britton Management Profile partners with Yoti to streamline pre-employment identity checks

28th June, London, UK – Today, Britton Management Profiles, Canada’s first background screening company, has partnered with digital identity company Yoti to streamline and strengthen pre-employment identity checks. Britton Management has been trusted by global companies for over 48 years. They complete a number of background screening checks on a global level – from references, employment verifications, criminal background checks and identity verification on a global level. Historically, identity checks were completed by physically inspecting identity documents. But during the Covid pandemic, organisations had to pivot and find new ways to verify the identity of candidates. Britton Management has integrated

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Free Digital ID age checks

With so much of our lives spent online – we can chat to friends, watch our favourite shows, and expand our learning – it’s so important to make sure children are only accessing age-appropriate content.  In the UK, the Age Appropriate Design Code (the ‘AADC’, also called the Children’s Code) will soon be complemented by the Online Safety Bill. In the US, California has passed its own version of the AADC which comes into force from 1st July 2024. An increasing number of US regulators are also bringing in legislation which requires social media and adult platforms to verify the

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