One fewer holdout on India’s biometrics-linked food distribution network
The populous Indian state of Delhi decided this week to participate in a ration card program linked to the nation’s…
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Millions excluded as Uganda uses national digital ID system for emergency COVID welfare
Ugandans face exclusion from emergency relief during a COVID-19 lockdown as cash payments are being made via the national biometrics-based…
Biometric verification allows ‘dignified’ distribution of 6.4M meals to Rohingya refugees
The Bangladesh part of the ‘100 Million Meals’ campaign has been completed, allowing 36,000 refugees to purchase food from camp…
Philippines digital ID project on track for 2021 target as Step 1 registration tops 37M
Authorities in the Philippines are optimistic the target set this year for registration for the national digital ID card (PhilID)…
Digital ID to help target beneficiaries of Philippines aid distribution program
Rolando Bautista, Secretary of the Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development says the PhilID national digital ID will enable…
Nigeria to add 6M students to biometric database for school meal program
Nigeria’s federal government says it is embarking on a nationwide biometric data capture process in order to scale up the…
Solving world poverty with cryptocurrency and a silver ball-shaped iris biometric scanner
Digital technology that promises to change the world is quickly being replaced, it seems, by tech that enrages at least…
Oxfam approves policy to use biometrics in humanitarian programs
Oxfam has introduced a new policy on using biometrics, based on seven principles, which both acknowledges the need to be…
UNHCR shared Rohingya biometric data ‘without consent’
The UNHCR improperly gathered personal information and biometrics from ethnic Rohingya refugees and shared it with Bangladesh, which subsequently shared…
Indian government developing family digital ID, health app sparks consent concerns
India’s federal government is in the preliminary stages of developing a ‘Universal Family ID,’ similar to India’s current biometric Aadhaar…
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