Everyone is ignoring the critical step needed to launch digital IDs
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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)…
Walmart reaches $10M settlement in biometric privacy suit brought by employees
U.S. mega-retail chain Walmart is set to pay $10 million to as many as 21,677 current and former Illinois store…
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,…
Nepal leverages digital ID registration to launch e-government app to Beta
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MoCIT) of the Nepalese government has launched a national government services app, Nagarik,…
Studies reveal smartwatch biometrics can detect COVID-19 before symptoms surface
Findings from some leading research institutions in the United States have confirmed that smartwatches and other wearables measuring biometrics like…
Misuse of biometric system won accused U.S. war criminal a presidential pardon — report
In an interview last week, an investigative reporter claims that the Hollywood sheen of biometric data has been used to…
Clearview AI biometric data privacy suit sent back to state court
A biometric data privacy lawsuit against Clearview AI will head back to state court after the Seventh Circuit Court of…
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…
Mexico’s national biometric register of mobile phone users proposal advances
The Communications and Transportation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico recently approved the proposal amending the Federal Telecommunications…
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