Biometrics research briefs: face matching software in India, Asia-Pacific and...
The Indian market for cloud-based 1:N facial matching is among the next hot biometrics markets, according to a new market...
View ArticleIndia to use Aadhaar biometrics to eliminate middlemen from farmer payments
The government of India is planning to leverage Aadhaar biometrics in a reformed food procurement system to deliver benefits to...
View ArticleIndian Supreme Court to hear Facebook argument against linking Aadhaar...
The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear arguments from Facebook that accounts on social media platforms should not...
View ArticleBiometric digital identification initiatives by country
Biometric Update offers a comprehensive directory of digital identification initiatives in developing nations to assist information-gathering by government employees, companies...
View ArticleAadhaar biometric authentication: no for social media, yes for targeted...
Government ID, including biometric Aadhaar accounts, cannot be required for social media and email accounts, according to a court decision...
View ArticleResearcher emphasizes biometrics process controls as financial services plan...
Several banks and financial service companies have announced biometrics initiatives to enable secure and convenient transactions without using the traditional...
View ArticleAadhaar continues to evolve and grow as India issues biometric seafarers’ ID
Aadhaar adoption has not been slowed by its severance from private use by the Supreme Court, and the system is...
View ArticleYoti announces digital identity Fellowship winners as researchers warn of...
The winners of the Yoti Fellowship Programme have been selected, and will spend a year working on digital identity and...
View ArticleIndia launches crowd-sourced election roll update
The Indian Election Commission’s crowd-sourced electoral roll update, the Electors Verification Programme (EVP), has launched across the country, with the...
View ArticleDelhi airport tests facial recognition for seamless travel
Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) has started testing biometric facial recognition with Indian airline Vistara at Terminal 3 of the...
View ArticleAI concerns prompt deepfake challenge, civil society criticism, and new DoD...
Issues in algorithmic trust and artificial intelligence ethics are motivating action by a number of institutions and businesses around the...
View ArticleBiometric database of Indian police facial recognition app exposed
A police database of thousands of crime suspects from the South Indian State of Tamil Nadu was leaked online following...
View ArticleIndia Post rolls out Aadhaar biometric interbank services to boost financial...
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) is rolling out Aadhar Enabled Payment Services (AePS) to enable customers to use biometric authentication...
View ArticlePrivacy concerns raised with Vision-Box biometric cloud service for India’s...
The involvement of Vision-Box in India’s trials of biometrics for aviation identity checks under Digi Yatra is facing scrutiny over...
View ArticleAuthentication with Aadhaar biometrics or in person to be mandatory for GST...
India’s GST (Goods and Services Tax) Network has declared all new dealers must perform mandatory Aadhaar biometric authentication or physical...
View ArticleDetails on Gatwick airport biometrics deployment emerge as Algeria and Pune...
Gatwick Airport is planning to extend its biometric facial recognition checks to eight more departure gates following the planned extension...
View ArticleGates Foundation identifies biometrics as one pillar of tech “trinity” for...
Biometric identification is one-third of a trinity of technologies that can enable more efficient and equitable resource distribution in developing...
View ArticleIndia extends deadline for facial biometrics bids as systems around the world...
India’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has extended the deadline for bids on participation in its centralized automatic facial recognition...
View ArticleSyntizen gets backing from Mastercard and ACPL for Aadhaar-based digital ID...
Digital identity provider Syntizen Technologies has received pre-Series A funding from Mastercard and ACPL to strengthen its Aadhaar-based product offering...
View ArticleAadhaar biometric services expand to ‘mobile ATMs’ as credentials could be...
The digital census being undertaken for India’s National Population Registry (NPR), which link residents biometric and biographic details, could potentially...
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