Biometric Data

This kind of wearable device uses green light to detect blood flow beneath your skin and deduces your heart rate

What is NAFIS?

Did you know we have an infallible technology that can help in tracking and catching lawbreakers? A database of fingerprints is being created by the government. Our next report tells more

HDFC Bank and Precision Biometric India have been selected by the Reserve Bank for testing their 'on tap' retail payments applications under the regulatory sandbox scheme, the central bank said on Monday. Regulatory sandbox (RS) refers to live testing of new products or services in a controlled/test regulatory environment for which regulators may permit certain relaxations for the limited purpose of the testing. The regulatory sandbox allows the regulator, innovators, financial service providers and customers to conduct field tests to collect evidence on the benefits and risks of new products and systems. The RBI announced the opening of the 'On Tap' application facility for the theme 'Retail Payments' under the regulatory sandbox in October last year. The product 'Offline Retail Payments' by HDFC Bank (in partnership with Crunchfish AB) provides the capability for customers and merchants to pay and receive payments in offline mode, the RBI said in a release. The solution aims to

Over 7.9 million enrolled under Baal Aadhaar initiative from April to July: UIDAI

This development is the latest in many incidents that exemplify why govts and organizations cannot yet securely collect and use biometric data in conflict zones and in their crisis responses

The Taliban have captured the US military's biometric devices compromising crucial data of the US army and the local Afghans who played crucial roles during the war, a media report said on Wednesday.

Qualcomm on Tuesday launched its second-generation in-display fingerprint sensor called 3D Sonic Gen 2 that offers a larger surface area for the sensor as well as faster processing.

In the new lawsuit, filed Monday in state court in Redwood City, California, the company is accused of collecting, storing and profiting from the biometrics of more than 100 million Instagram users

Schemes that address clear market demand have clicked; those that focus on behavioural change, not so much

India shares the fifth position with Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines, said the study

If a person is unable to get ration due to failure of authentication, then any other family member can produce the Aadhaar number to get the benefits

The UIDAI has been vehemently denying this allegation since the body was first set up in 2009