Caribbean, Middle East and Asian nations switch on digital ID, birth registration programs
Leaders of smaller and developing nations are pushing ahead on civil registries and digital IDs at a rapid pace, with…
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Jamaica electoral body denies selling biometric data for online authentication service
Accusations of improper digital ID and biometric data sharing have been leveled against the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) after…
Jamaica plans biometric ID card issuance pilot, Pakistan and Vietnam upgrade systems
Jamaica has announced that it will begin issuing national ID cards through the National Identification System (NIDS) as from the…
Cambodia, Jamaica to roll out digital IDs, Bangladesh plans issuance for farmers
The issuance of digital IDs in Jamaica is expected to begin this year, a government official has announced, following the…
Governments grapple with biometric voter rolls, Thales reaches 15 deployments
Thales has deployed 15 different systems around the world for voter registration and verification with its ID management and biometric technologies,…
Jamaican leaders long on eID promises, short on assurances of fairness
Obviously, not all nations are ruled by authoritarian governments, but the way many nations build their digital ID programs can…
Jamaica, Cayman Islands mull digital ID for more government services, PhilSys scaling up
Authorities in Jamaica are considering linking the national identification number (NIN) to the taxpayer’s registration number (TRN) once pending digital…
Data privacy concerns persist over national digital identity system for Jamaica
Concerns about the safety of personal data to be collected for Jamaica’s National Identity System (NIDS) program have again been…
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…
Challenging biometrics use in 4 not-at-all-easy steps
Acknowledging history is running against anyone opposing national biometric identity systems, a partisan privacy nonprofit has published a sizable guide…
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