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Confidence in work from home security rises along with MFA adoption: Thales...
A new survey by biometric solutions provider Thales suggests India is at the forefront of adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA) technologies. According to the new data, the country has the...
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Next Biometrics delivers fingerprint sensor order to distribution partner in...
Advanced fingerprints sensor technology provider Next Biometrics says it just delivered a stock of its FAP20 fingerprint sensors worth NOK 6 million (approximately US$567,000) to a distribution...
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IMF execs pile praise on India’s digitization, economic growth fuelled by...
Keen to usher in an era of government-controlled digital currencies backed by digital ID schemes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised India’s controversial biometric digital identity...
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India renews push for national civil registry, Aadhaar enrollment for kids...
The federal government of India has re-launched the process to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Act which will facilitate its plan of creating a new National Register of Citizens (NRC)....
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India opens bids on $4M contract for facial recognition and security cameras...
The Public Works Department of Delhi, India, has launched a tender for 1,248 CCTV cameras, some with facial recognition, to be installed across the Tihar, Mandoli and Rohini prison complexes for an...
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India’s IT Ministry mulls face biometrics age verification for games to...
An inter-ministerial task force led by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) recommends that online gaming companies use facial recognition technologies to reduce harms to...
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Turant crowdfunding for voice biometric solution nears completion of...
Voice biometric solution provider Turant has currently raised $85,572 in crowdfunding on the Wefunder platform, moving steps closer to their $1 million goal. Munish Khetrapal, vice president of cloud...
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Digital identity boosts public infrastructure for India, Philippines
Digitization of state bureaucracy, digital identity, digital public infrastructure and digital skills have been recognized for their important role in development – for mature and emerging economies –...
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Biometric SIM card registration ongoing worldwide, but what about Ghana’s...
Biometric identity registration for mobile phone subscribers continues around the world with soft nudges or more stringent changes. In India the debate is focusing on requirements for identifying...
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Think tank calls for privacy safeguards on use of facial recognition systems...
Indian government think tank NITI Aayog (National Institute for Transforming India) is pushing for clarity on safeguards to protect personal data collected from citizens by facial recognition systems,...
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India’s digital ID experience could boost Africa’s development drive: report
India’s digital transformation which has proven largely successful thanks to its robust Aadhaar digital ID system can be an inspiration for many African countries also pursuing digital transformation...
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Digital India Act could begin tightening of country’s data privacy regulation...
There is a high degree of optimism in reports out of India as legislators work to finalize the proposed Digital India Act. The act, which would replace the IT Act passed in 2000, is expected early...
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Covid response tech leaves Indians more exposed to data collection: briefing
India’s e-governance has gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic and mobile phone cash transfer via the country’s biometric Aadhaar has become the main method of welfare and emergency aid...
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Facial recognition in surveillance keeps growing, but so do doubts
Several deployments of new face biometrics for surveillance reportedly have failed to deliver on crime-fighting promises. The first is the Bhopal Eye project in Madhya Pradesh, India. According to a...
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Indian PM urges G-20 leaders to support digital inclusion efforts at Bali summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has called on G-20 leaders to join global efforts in making access to digital public goods more inclusive if the benefits of digital transformation must be fully...
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India unveils reworked data protection bill draft after ‘extensive...
India’s federal government has released a new draft bill for public comment on personal data protection after months of extensive consultations with relevant stakeholders. Labeled the Digital Data...
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UIDAI sets guidelines for updating biometrics of children’s Aadhaar
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has issued new guidelines for the Aadhaar digital ID, Times of India reports. According to a series of Twitter posts from the UIDAI official...
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ID4Africa LiveCast Episode 36
ID4Africa LiveCast Episode 36 Online December 7, 2022 - 13:30 GMT ID4Africa’s next LiveCast will feature thought leaders and senior decision makers from government and development agencies that will...
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Is UK voter requirement an opportunity for biometric ID documents?
New opinions offered on how the UK can deal with the contradiction of a new law requiring ID to vote while the country has no national ID, while Uganda investigates the shortcomings of its own ID...
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Effectiveness of privacy proposals in India, Australia and the US depend on...
Observers of privacy legislation expected or planned next year around the globe are not finding a lot to be hopeful for when it comes to competent and effective regulation. An opinion column about...
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