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…
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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…
IDEMIA Wins Biometric ID Contract for Morocco
“…IDEMIA suggested that the biometric national ID cards ‘will accelerate rollout of Morocco’s online services and will ramp up development of the digital…
Yoti Fellowship Examines National ID Program in South Africa
Tshepo Magoma has shared some of the details about a research project that will seek to come up with policy recommendations for international lawmakers who are…
Airport Biometrics Lead This Week’s Top Stories
At the end of each week, FindBiometrics has been rounding up the site’s most popular posts, and reviewing them for anyone who might have missed the big news.…
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…
Government Biometrics Month: The Roundup
With September coming to a close, it’s time to take a look back at some of FindBiometrics’ featured coverage of Government Biometrics Month. The government…
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.”…
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…