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The Jamaican Government has expressed its desire to fast-track the creation and implementation of a national identification system (NIDS) to help it with its aid and benefit distribution in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept across the world. In a digital press conference Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that it was clear […]
Ghanaian policy think-tank IMANI Africa has accused Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) of misleading the public regarding the need for the acquire a new biometric voter management system ahead of the 2020 National Elections. According to IMANI, the EC’s claim that it is cheaper to procure an entirely new system rather than update the existing one […]
Estonia-based SK ID Solutions, the provider of the Smart-ID service available in Baltic countries, has announced a new biometric registration process for Smart-ID, allowing individuals to create a Smart-ID account without having to visit a bank branch. According to a press release from SK ID Solutions, users can now authenticate their identity with a digital […]
Malaysia’s National Registration Department (JPN) is looking to implement a biometric registration system for all official identifying documents in an attempt to boost national security. According to Rusline Jusoh, director-general of national registration, the documents involved in the effort will include citizenship, marriage, birth and adoption certificates, none of which currently have any biometric identification […]
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 collected and prevent discrimination against minorities. In a 500-page report to be released this week, the court’s three-judge panel announced that it is suspending the biometric ID program until the government […]
Biometric technology company GenKey has announced a partnership with the World Bank and the Government of Niger to set up a nationwide biometric registration system for all of Niger’s civil servants. With its primary goal being to create a better way to help manage the careers of those registered, the system will also include students […]
The government of China has formally implemented a new rule that makes a facial recognition scan a required part of the mobile registration process. Anyone hoping to sign up for mobile phone services will now need to undergo a scan, expanding on the previous system that only asked customers to provide an identity card. The […]
A new system for registering people living with HIV using biometric scanning is being declared ready for use after extensive testing in Kenya. In a joint study conducted by the Kenyan Ministry of Health, Kenyatta National Hospital, and the University of Washington 8,794 individuals throughout western Kenya were registered using a biometric iris-scanning technology. As […]
Two more animal shelters have begun using Finding Rover to register pets at their facilities in efforts to reunite them with their owners using facial recognition technology. Shelters in Lewiston, Maine, and Plano, Texas, have started registering every animal that comes through their doors with the app by taking photographs of the animals’ faces and […]
Biometrics News – Iris Recognition The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that more than 1,600 Syrian refugees have been transported to the Bardarash Refugee Camp in Iraq after fleeing violence in northern Syria. Hundreds more are arriving on a daily basis, though they represent only a small fraction of the 166,000 […]
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