UIDAI chairman says Aadhaar helped government save $9B
Nandan Nilekani, the first chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), said that the Aadhaar Card system helped…
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Australian startups want access to facial biometrics database
The Australian government’s initiative to allow law enforcement agencies to access facial recognition images stored on a national database has raised…
Nigeria Communications Commission stresses centralized identity database
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has once again emphasized the federal government should consolidate its multiple databases into a single…
Australian government seeks to expand facial recognition system
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will call on state and territory governments to disclose driver’s licence photos for use in…
Brazil bolsters its biometrics-based citizen database
According to a ZDNet report, the Brazilian Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has been granted access to systems maintained by driver…
FBI’s biometrics database to be exempt from parts of Privacy Act
The FBI has implemented a new rule which will prevent the public from finding out if their fingerprints, iris scans…
Police suspect user agency insiders responsible for Aadhaar data leak
Indian police and Aadhaar officials suspect that insiders at an authentication user agency (AUA) and a KYC user agency (KUA)…
Israel’s mandatory biometric ID system causes issues, lineups at airports
In the first month of Israel’s mandatory biometric identity documents initiative, 15 percent of applicants requesting new passports or identity…
Turks and Caicos working to introduce biometric surveillance legislation
Earlier this month Turks and Caicos Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson revealed that the government is working to introduce biometric surveillance…
NGO says Israel’s biometric database law an infringement of privacy rights
The Digital Rights Movement has filed a request to Israel’s High Court to block the state from a public campaign…
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