Civil liberties group attacks EC proposal for mandatory fingerprints in national IDs
Civil liberties organization Statewatch says the recent European Commission proposal that the inclusion of fingerprints in all national identity cards…
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Philippines legislature approves new biometric national ID
A law setting up a new biometric national ID system has been approved in both chambers of the Philippines’ legislature,…
Price tag for Norway’s national ID cards balloons to €73 million
New figures in the government’s national budget estimate the cost of providing new national ID cards to the residents of…
Nigeria to register biometrics at border under plan to curb conflict between farmers and herdsmen
Nigeria’s Minister of the Interior Abdulrahman Dambazau has announced the launch of a project to biometrically register entrants into the…
Aadhaar ruling soon to come from India’s Supreme Court
India’s Supreme Court is nearing a ruling in its hearing on the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar identification registry, which…
National ID system will bring Philippines significant savings
According to the Philippine National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Lisa Bersales, the soon-to-be executed national identification system will result…
Biometric National ID Conference Lebanon Chapter
Biometric National ID Conference Lebanon Chapter October 9 – 10, 2018 Beirut, Lebanon We invite you to participate as sponsor…
Jamaica says biometrics program will help reduce identity theft
Government spokesperson Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart said that biometric data collected under Jamaica’s National Identification System (NIDS) will assist in reducing incidents…
Court blocks Israeli police request to access biometric database
Israeli police have been blocked by a District Court ruling from a national biometric database, which they had planned to…
UIDAI stops Aadhaar enrollment service by private rural partners
The Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) has declined to renew its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the country’s network…
