Nigerians don’t need national digital ID for voter enrollment, EC says
Nigeria‘s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given assurances that citizens do not need the national identification number (NIN) in…
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PSA opens PhilSys’ biometric registration process to the public
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) opened the second, biometrics-focused part of the registration process for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys)…
Data protection in Nigeria – enforcement in post COVID-19 digital economy
Guest post by Yemi Adeniran, Managing Partner at Digiterhub Data protection is the process of safeguarding information from threats, destruction,…
South Africa’s planned child biometric registration stirs privacy concerns
The proposed new policy in South Africa which seeks to have some biometric features of babies captured at birth in…
Biometric voting machine failures isolated incidents, Uganda’s Electoral Commission says
An unknown number of biometric voter verification machines being used in Uganda’s election failed to verify the identity of people…
Cameroon moves to tackle hurdles impeding biometric IDs’ smooth issuance
Cameroon’s general delegation for national security, the body charged with overseeing the issuance of biometrics-backed digital national identity cards for…
Uganda gets 38,500 biometric voter verification devices for Thursday’s polls
The electoral commission of Uganda says it has procured 38,500 SmartMatic biometric voter verification machines (BVVMs) at a cost of…
Indian Supreme Court to review Aadhaar biometric system ruling
India’s Supreme Court is currently reviewing its recent ruling in favor of Aadhaar, writes The Hindu. Questioning the constitutionality of…
Stakeholders fear deadline for linking biometric ID to SIM cards in Nigeria won’t be met
One of the major subjects dominating discussions in Nigeria at the moment is the move by the federal government to…
Indian publication alleges biometric data from doorstep banking may be vulnerable
Allegations that India’s doorstep banking system is leading to predatory lending, and potentially exposing biometric data to unscrupulous companies in…
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