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India’s top court imposes curbs on biometric identity system

781 views · Published 27 September 2018 · 2:33 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: CGTN · 2018 · News & Politics

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India's Supreme Court upheld the validity of a controversial Aadhaar biometric identity system on Wednesday, but flagged privacy concerns and reined in a government push to make it mandatory for everything from banking to telecom services. The ruling was cheered by critics of the system, which has already provided biometric IDs for more than a billion people. Here is the lowdown on what is currently the world's largest biometric database. 

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