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Another nation adopts mandatory biometric digital ID system

Another nation adopts mandatory biometric digital ID system

Digitalized IDs based on personal biometric data are advancing rapidly across the world. We would be naive to think it will remain voluntary. Some nations are already making participation mandatory.

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Vietnam is the latest country to start implementing a mandatory biometric digital ID system.

The Vietnamese Law on Identity went into effect July 1 and will establish a detailed digital citizen identification system that will touch every citizen.

The iris biometric details of citizens will be collected along with fingerprints and facial images when citize…

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