Malawi: Biometric passport production could halt, staff arrested ‘as human bait’
The situation facing Techno Brain in Malawi appears to be deteriorating. In further developments since the firm’s passport contract cancellation…
Government Services
News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Industry, civil society weigh in on biometrics policy in letters to White House
Stakeholders and advocates are chiming in with responses to a U.S. government request for information on public and private sector uses…
Russia offers carrots to consolidate biometrics systems under government control
Always a means and an end for Russia’s government, centralization is increasing when it comes to biometric data and systems…
The allure of Chinese ‘digital authoritarianism’ for Latin America
Concern that Chinese technology in Venezuela and Cuba which is allowing the states to exercise ‘social control’ over their populations…
UK independent border biometrics report draws Home Office response
The United Kingdom’s Home Office has published an official response to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report…
Once little-known data-analysis office in DHS gets heat about facial recognition
Facial recognition was part of the text and subtext of a U.S. Senate intelligence committee hearing last week. The hearing…
Israeli Interior Ministry asks to extend a controversial biometrics database
Israel’s Interior Ministry has asked the Knesset for an extension of an emergency order to continue collecting fingerprints until 2025…
Turkey’s domestically-developed biometric data system becomes operational
The centralized National Biometric Data Management System has gone live locally and nationally, announced Turkey’s Minister of Internal Affairs. It…
Western Australia integrates digital ID with all-in-one ServiceWA app
The Government of the state of Western Australia (WA) has launched a digital ID app dubbed ServiceWA which it says…
New biometric digital ID system in South Africa to enhance service delivery, security
A new biometric-based digital identity system dubbed NIS, currently being developed in South Africa, will go a long way in…
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