Tamil Nadu engages private firm to collect biometrics from homeless without contract
The personal data and biometrics of thousands of desperately poor people in India’s Tamil Nadu state, some waiting 20 years…
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In Asia, ambitious digital ID targets accompany digitization
Digital transformation and the adoption of digital ID frameworks continues to surge in Asia, where governments are ramping up registration…
Ghana police get over 100 biometric devices for field checks against national database
Police in Ghana have acquired more than 100 mobile devices to perform biometric identity verifications in the field, Modern Ghana…
NADRA details Pakistan’s stronger fingerprint biometric system for SIM registration
A new fingerprint biometric system is now being used by telecoms in Pakistan to register people for SIM activation, following…
Delays, extortions, and voter exclusion: Cameroon’s national biometric ID card conundrum
Ashu M. just clocked 20 years this November, the legal age for voting in the central African nation of Cameroon….
Philippines reaches 10M digital IDs issued in first 2 months, pilots downloadable version
The Philippine Statistics Authority says it has issued the printable version of the national digital ID to 10 million people…
Global lessons from digitally identifying the poor for health in Cambodia, India, Rwanda
Digital technologies help in the development of health schemes, according to the findings of a new publication from the WHO….
Nigeria’s NIMC boss commends digital ID enrollments milestone as capacity increases
The head of Nigeria’s digital ID issuing agency praises the “unified ID approach” and ecosystem model adopted, calling it a…
India keeps lid on amount of data collected for voting
Voters in India wanting biometric data privacy are getting some cover. Government officials have issued statements addressing concerns of some…
Tamil Nadu state goes all out with Aadhaar requirement for government welfare
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu will now require an Aadhaar number to supply any government benefits services according to…
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