Proposed change to Aadhaar authentication rule raises data privacy issues
A move by the government of India to amend the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (GG) Rules, 2020, is attracting…
Aadhaar
Aadhaar is the 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual resident of India. The Aadhaar project aims to provide a single, unique identifier which captures all the demographic and biometric details of every resident of India.
Stakeholders examine benefits of digital public infrastructure at IMF meeting
Speakers at a seminar during the recent spring meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions (IMF and World Bank) shared thoughts…
Government of India proposes Aadhaar authentication for businesses
The Government of India has recently released a draft notification proposing “voluntary” use of Aadhaar one-time passcode (OTP) or biometric…
India’s digital public infrastructure reportedly not as popular with G7 nations
Since India assumed the G20 presidency in December, the country has been trying to promote its digital public infrastructure (DPI)…
UIDAI partners to develop contactless fingerprint capture software for phones
A touchless fingerprint biometric capture system will be jointly developed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the…
Indian mobile account links and Aadhaar authentications leap in February
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) announced that the country recorded 2.26 billion Aadhaar authentications in February, bringing the…
India plans to boost Family ID adoption, upgrade Aadhaar to streamline service delivery
The government of Uttar Pradesh in India says it is building on the Family ID novelty it launched early this…
Banks hit with biometric fraud, fake mobile driver’s licenses
As long as the quest for secure digital identity persists, so, too, will attempts to game the system. From aggravated…
Platform to enable auto-update of ID credentials on India’s DigiLocker coming soon
A platform is being developed by the government of India through which users who have their ID documents stored on…
Aadhaar transaction number jump; deadline nears to link financial accounts
Almost 2 billion Aadhaar authentications were recorded last month, according to the Indian government. In all, 90.3 billion transactions have…
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