The lawmakers expressed their apprehensions regarding facial recognition tech, citing privacy concerns and a lack of transparency associated with private biometric technologies as invasive and potentially biased. They also noted that state agencies often outsource authentication capabilities to the private sector.
The software enables capture biometric fingerprints, facial recognition, and scan documents needed for processing a person’s ID card using cellphones, without having to visit a Nadra office or embassy.
The General Services Administration rejects facial recognition for its popular Login.gov sign-on service even as the IRS plans to make it a requirement to access tax records online
The Arizona Department of Corrections has chosen the Imageware Law Enforcement Platform to expedite the collection of biometric and biographic data of inmates for intake at correctional facilities.
NIDP Ethiopia has implemented a limited pilot program with TECH5 biometric and digital ID technologies for enrollment and authentication of residents as well as digital ID issuance.
The UK Government has announced that from 6 April 2022, digital identity document validation technology (IDVT) will be introduced to support employers and landlords with the right to work, right to rent and pre-employment DBS checks.
The new UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework will set out the rules and standards for organisations to follow to carry out secure and consistent digital identity checks.
The union government has decided to amend the Aadhaar Act to legally empower the Election Commission to link the unique identification number with the electoral roll, aiding them to remove bogus and duplicate entries. The new reform will also pave the way for giving “remote” voting rights to migrant voters.
Nigerian federal government has appointed 9Mobile to register atleaset 10 million rural residents in the National Identity Management Enrollment Scheme.
NAFIS NextGen comes three years after ACIC was forced to dump its former NAFIS replacement project known as the biometrics identification solution (BIS) project.
