Indian Police Use Facial Recognition to Make 1,100 Arrests
Law enforcement officers in India have used facial recognition to arrest more than 1,100 people in what may be one of the more sweeping applications of…
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Mantra Encourages Indian Schools to Adopt Biometric Attendance Tracking
India’s Mantra Softech showcased some of the educational applications of its biometric technology during a recent conference in Uttar Pradesh. The two-day…
India’s Election Commission Pitches Biometric Voter Authentication
India’s Election Commission could use face and voice recognition to verify the identities of citizens in upcoming elections. The technology is primarily geared…
India’s Election Commission Wants to Tie Aadhaar to Voter Registration
India’s Election Commission is pitching new legislation that would link a citizen’s voter ID card with their Aadhaar number. The legislation would amend the…
Kenya’s National Biometric ID Program Delayed by High Court
A new nation-wide biometric identification program in Kenya was suspended by the country’s high court until new laws are enacted that protect the data…
ID Talk Podcast: Iris ID’s Year in Review, Healthcare Biometrics, and Government Applications
FindBiometrics is celebrating its 17th annual Year in Review, so throughout January on ID Talk we will be interviewing biometrics and identity industry leaders…
NEXT Supplies Fingerprint Readers for Government Project in India
The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh will be receiving a substantial number of fingerprint readers from NEXT Biometrics. Andhra Pradesh plans to use NEXT’s…
Indian Partners Brief Afghanistan Officials on Aadhaar ID Program
“Aadhaar is the world’s most ambitious civil biometric identity program. Indian citizens are assigned an Aadhaar number connected to biometric registration…
Indian Authorities Issue Biometric IDs to Migrant Workers
Department officials from Kochi in the Ernakulam district of India have reported that the coverage of migrant workers in the area with biometric identification…
Report Finds Aadhaar Excludes Homeless and Transgender Citizens
A new report from the Dalberg consulting firm suggests that India’s Aadhaar program is currently excluding some of the country’s most vulnerable demographics.…