Government and UNHCR complete huge biometric refugee registration program in Uganda
A countrywide biometric identity verification program for more than a million asylum-seekers and refugees in Uganda has been completed by…
Civil / National ID
Civil ID is used to identify or verify the identity of individuals when interacting with governments, though increasingly it is also used for regulated private industries, such as mobile phone accounts. Government examples of civil ID use could include document issuance, border management, voter registration or employment background checks. Find Civil ID solutions here.
Delhi High Court backs OTP over biometrics for SIM registrations due to security concerns
Delhi’s High Court has backed suggestions from a pair of amicus curiae briefs that OTP authentication replace the use of…
Aadhaar biometric authentication fine for government benefits but not for identifying dead bodies
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has written to commercial banks and the Reserve Bank of India to clarify…
Gemalto publicly apologizes for alleging massive Aadhaar data breach in report
Gemalto has retracted the claim in its Breach Level Index (BLI) that roughly 1.2 billion Aadhaar records have been compromised…
Indian telecoms blocked from biometric onboarding to comply with Supreme Court Aadhaar decision
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued notification to the country’s mobile network operators that Aadhaar-based digital authentication for eKYC…
HID Global makes it easier for governments to offer mobile citizen ID programs
HID Global has extended its HID goID platform so governments can more easily offer mobile identities to citizens from multiple…
Trulioo now able to verify more than two thirds of world’s population
Trulioo says that it is now able to verify the identity of five billion people around the world with its…
SPS introduces anti-skimming security features for biometric passports
Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS) announced its new and active anti-skimming solution to secure electronic passport data. S-Lock, a patented solution,…
Israel’s fingerprint identification system failing border and police checks at high rates
A committee reviewing Israel’s Biometric Database Law says that the fingerprint identification system is suffering high rates of failure when…
Researchers suggest biometrics among technologies that could secure Social Security numbers
The U.S. government should modernize the Social Security number (SSN) by encrypting it with biometrics or other mechanisms in order…
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