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Southeast Asian countries leverage digital ID and IT infrastructure for cashless aid during pandemic

Efforts by Singapore’s government to prepare the island nation’s digital infrastructure, including its national digital identity system, helped it cope…

 

Australian rights advocates criticize use of facial biometrics by police, government

Australian Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow is pushing for more rigorous facial recognition regulation to prevent law enforcement from abusing…

 

Haryana reinstatement of biometric authentication for state aid upheld by state high court

A legal challenge of the use of biometrics for distribution of rations and other state aid in the Indian state…

 

Plans for digital identity provider participation in UK government system partially revealed

Indications of the UK Government Digital Service’s (GDS’s) plans for digital identity after the expected sunset of its Gov.uk Verify…

 

Trinidad and Tobago, Korea, and Belarus governments advance ID credential plans

The Roadmap to Recovery team within Trinidad and Tobago’s government has recommended fast-tracking the country’s digital identity plans to support…

 

Indian Supreme Court considers new review of Aadhaar national biometric scheme’s legality

The Supreme Court of India will consider requests for a review of its previous decision that the country’s biometric national…

 

Australia myGovID biometrics pilot ends, state considers offering digital version of photo card

Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has completed its myGov digital integration pilot, as enrolled identities have nearly reached 1.3 million,…

 

Independent committee review of facial biometrics for UK government calls for police transparency

The UK government’s independent expert committee on AI and data-driven technology says it expects an appropriate degree of transparency from…

 

Australia’s digital ID system passes $200M in costs as fee system considered

Australia’s GovPass scheme has exceeded $200 million in costs so far, as the government attempts to monetize the national digital…

 

China’s face-scanning regulations are fuzzy and self-serving

The only certainty about biometric facial recognition in China is that everyone’s face is being recognized. A lot. As a…

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