Indian Gov’t Seeks to Get Aadhaar Back on Track with Legislation Amendments
“Even if government authorities can’t make Aadhaar authentication mandatory, they can still accept it from citizens who prefer to use it.” Just a few months…
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Indian FinTech Firms Look for Aadhaar Alternatives for KYC in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling
“The situation is only the latest illustration of the haphazard character of Aadhaar’s rapid evolution over the last few years, with government agencies and…
Aadhaar Confusion Has Killed Citizens: Report
“As far back as February of this year, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which administrates Aadhaar, issued a statement reminding…
Indian Supreme Court Ruling Seeks to Restrict Aadhaar’s Reach
“This ruling comes a little over a year after the Supreme Court’s ruling last summer that privacy is a fundamental right of Indian citizens…” India’s Supreme…
UIDAI Offers Funding to Help Schools Enroll Students in Aadhaar
The Unique Identification Authority of India is once again recalibrating its efforts to promote Aadhaar, the country’s biometric national ID program, with the…
Code Hack Allows for Creation of Fraudulent Aadhaar Identities, Report Alleges
“Responding to the report today, the UIDAI issued a statement in which it reaffirmed that each Aadhaar identity is linked to 10 unique fingerprints and a pair…
UIDAI Urges Citizens to Treat Aadhaar Info Like Credit Card
“The key is to think about it like a credit card number, the agency says; you share this with merchants all the time, but you wouldn’t post it online for […]
Scottish Government Partners with Yoti For Biometrics Powered Mobile ID
“…Yoti said the partnership would ultimately mean that Scottish residents could use its biometric app to verify their identities to businesses, to prove they…
Iris-Scanning Tablets Enable Aadhaar-based Banking
Axis Bank is staking a claim to being the first financial services institution in India to implement iris-based Aadhaar authentication on a ‘micro ATM’, a term…
Philippine Authorities to Pilot Biometric ID by Year’s End
Government authorities in the Philippines are proceeding in their effort to establish a national biometric ID program, with plans to begin issuance in Metro…