Aadhaar chugs along but India can’t get its data protection act together
India’s central government, seemingly so sure-footed with its flourishing Aadhaar biometric ID, is having a hard time moving personal data…
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Digital ID and other gov’t services part of massive reform in Australia
If the international digital ID movement ultimately accomplishes nothing else, it will be judged a success for making government services…
Papua New Guinea digital government plan draft includes consolidated biometrics system
Details of a draft plan by the government of Papua New Guinea to digitize all public services in the country…
iProov wins biometrics, ID document check contracts for UK’s proposed One Login program
The United Kingdom’s single sign-on and ID verification plans took another step toward reality this week when the government awarded…
Singpass incorporates digital identity card, saves $36 per onboarding, considers decentralization
Singapore’s digital identity scheme, Singpass, adds new features and service integrations as penetration reaches 97 percent of eligible residents, according…
Māori say New Zealand govt ignoring them on digital ID work
One of the fundamental rules of face biometrics is to be inclusive, but that advice allegedly was ignored in New…
Inclusion promise of ID documents not consistently met in Pakistan, El Salvador, reports allege
How to draw people who have been previously excluded from normal social recognition into digital identity systems is one of…
Corruption, costs and cut-offs: the human impact of Aadhaar implementation issues
A series of reports list the ongoing issues surrounding India’s national digital identity project, Aadhaar. Its integration with government welfare…
NIN numbers, corruption, forex, lack of booklets: Nigeria’s passport woes to be investigated
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is to establishing an ad hoc committee to investigate why there is a shortage of booklets…
UIDAI launches program to identify, block vulnerabilities in Aadhaar biometric database
A bug bounty program whose objective is to enhance security around the Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) – the database…
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