In effort to expand biometric scheme, India says privacy not fundamental right
During the course of defending the legality of the Aadhaar biometric scheme before India’s Supreme Court this week, the chief lawyer for India’s central government argued that privacy is not a...
View ArticleNEC to provide facial and fingerprint recognition to make Indian city safer
NEC Corporation announced that NEC India and AP Technology Services Limited (APTS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in the areas of IT for smart city initiatives in the Indian...
View ArticleIndian airport implements biometric technology for paperless e-boarding
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India has implemented biometric border control technology to become the nation’s first airport to provide a completely paper-less e-boarding solution,...
View ArticleIndia’s Supreme Court bars Aadhaar usage and expansion
India’s Supreme Court has placed a cease order on the national Indian government concerning the use of Aadhaar data. Last week, the Court barred the country’s Election Commission from linking electoral...
View ArticleIndia instituting national fingerprint database for criminal ID
India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to set up a national fingerprint database of nearly 28 million criminals and individuals who have been arrested by collecting biometric data from all...
View ArticleBiometrics in healthcare, mobile authentication, Aadhaar, Biometrics2015 and...
Here is a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics 2015: Isabelle Moeller Q&A One of the week’s most popular stories came...
View ArticleAadhaar court order holds up new Indian social programs
In the wake of India’s Supreme Court decision on Aadhaar, many social programs that relied upon the biometric database for citizen authentication are in jeopardy. As BiometricUpdate.com reported...
View ArticleBiometrics markets in India and Middle East: analyst reports
Research analyst groups TechNavio and TechSci have separately published reports on the Middle East and India biometric markets, respectively. TechNavio’s report is titled “Biometric Market In Middle...
View ArticleBiometrics and privacy, fingerprint recognition in schools, online fraud...
Here is a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Aadhaar court order delays India social programs One of the top stories this week came...
View ArticleIndian telcos hope to use Aadhaar biometric database for faster subscriber...
Indian telecom operators plan to turn to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in an effort to get approval for using the Aadhaar biometric database to speed up subscriber verification since the home...
View ArticleIndia’s privacy court decision to affect government databases
The “right to privacy” reference question now before India’s Supreme Court will have major implications concerning the cross-linking of Aadhaar and ancillary biometric registries to other government...
View ArticleFormer UIDAI chairman calls for appeal of Aadhaar court decision
Nandan Nilekani, the former chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), today argued in an opinion piece published in the Indian Express that the recent Supreme Court decision...
View ArticleIndian Supreme Court defers decision on Aadhaar cease order
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of India did not modify an order that suspended the multi-fold expansion of the Aadhaar citizen biometric registration scheme proposed by Prime Minister Modi’s government....
View ArticleIndian high court to review Aadhaar cease order
India’s Supreme Court has established a constitutional panel to review a cease order that suspended the multi-fold expansion of the Aadhaar citizen biometric registration scheme. The court announced...
View ArticleIndian Government argues Aadhaar card usage voluntary
The Indian government admitted to India’s Supreme Court that Aadhaar cardholders can opt out of the unique identification scheme if they wish by blocking data embedded on the cards. “The making of the...
View ArticleIndian high court extends voluntary use of Aadhaar to social programs
A constitutional panel, formed by India’s Supreme Court, extended voluntary use of Aadhaar to a myriad of social programs last week. Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification number issued by the...
View ArticleSchengen states make biometric registration mandatory for Indian visa applicants
Starting November 2, the Schengen states will require all Indian visa applicants to visit the consulate or application center — in person — to provide biometric data such as fingerprints and digital...
View ArticleDelhi fair price stores to be linked to biometrics system by May 2016
Delhi’s fair price shops, which distribute major commodities such as staple food grains, will be linked to India’s national biometric system by early next year, according to a report by NDTV. The...
View ArticleVoice biometrics firm SayPay a top startup at 1776 Challenge Cup in Mumbai
Voice biometrics firm SayPay Technologies announced it was one of three top startups at the 1776 Challenge Cup 2016 held last weekend in Mumbai, India. The move comes a week after SayPay Technologies...
View ArticleIndia firm planning to introduce iris authentication payment solution
National Payments Corporation of India is planning to roll out an iris-based authentication system that will enable customers to authenticate purchases without a pin or password, according to a report...
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