India’s Privacy Advocates Voice Concerns About Biometric Surveillance Contract
Indian privacy advocates are once again voicing their concerns as the government of India prepares to hand out a landmark contract for a national facial…
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INTERVIEW: TECH5’s Rahul Parthe and Machiel Van Der Harst on Biometrics, National ID and More
In recent years the scale of biometrics projects has changed dramatically thanks to the evolution of core technologies and concepts around national ID. That’s…
Syntizen Receives Pre-Series A Funding from Mastercard to Drive Global Expansion
The digital identity startup Syntizen Technologies has completed a successful Pre-Series A funding round, receiving an undisclosed amount of money from…
India Plans to Open Bidding for Massive Face Recognition Surveillance System
India is moving forward with plans to set up a massive facial recognition surveillance scheme. The proposed system would centralize biometric data from…
UIDAI Lets Indian Citizens Update Aadhaar Profile with Only an Aadhaar Card
Aadhaar is rapidly eclipsing other forms of identity in India. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) took to Twitter to announce that Aadhaar…
Government Biometrics Month: ID Goes Biometric
Of the myriad ways in which biometric technologies are transforming how the government does its work, its impact in citizen identification is one offering some…
India’s New Seafarer IDs Feature Embedded Face Biometrics
India is equipping its sailors with a Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID) with facial biometrics embedded in the card’s chip. Shipping Minister Mansukh…
Facebook Asks Indian Supreme Court to Decide on Aadhaar Privacy Issue
“This is largely in relation to the WhatsApp messaging app owned by Facebook, through which information deemed to be a public threat can be promulgated.”…
NEXT Biometrics CEO Anticipates ‘Hypergrowth’ in Biometric Smart Cards: Q2 Update
Revenues are up in NEXT Biometrics latest quarterly update, with the company highlighting advancements in its Aadhaar market activities and in promoting its…
Aadhaar Payment System Clears 200 Million Financial Transactions
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is celebrating a major Aadhaar milestone after revealing that the Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) has…