South Africa’s plan to record all babies’ biometrics raises privacy fears
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Plans to photograph and fingerprint every baby born in South Africa for a digital register could lead to data leaks and identity theft without robust safeguards, rights experts said on Thursday. The Department of Home Affairs’ new draft policy aims to capture detailed biometrics – unique physical traits – of […]
Singapore’s use of facial verification in ID scheme stirs privacy fears
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Singapore’s more than four million residents will have to use facial verification technology to access government services through the national identity scheme, a move criticised as intrusive and heavy-handed by privacy advocates. Facial verification, which works by scanning someone’s face and matching it with a database image, is already used widely […]