{
  "id": 16907980,
  "title": "Hong Kong world’s first airport to receive digital identity certification from IATA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/hong-kong-worlds-first-airport-to-receive-digital-identity-16907980",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T14:00:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3372476/hong-kong-worlds-first-airport-receive-digital-identity-certification-iata"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has become one of the first two organisations certified under an international aviation industry group’s digital identity programme, as it seeks to expand its facial recognition system beyond the city. However, the wider adoption of facial recognition technology has been slower than expected, due to government regulations and privacy requirements, according…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}