By Catherine Cheney
From the article:
On Wednesday, India’s Supreme Court ruled that Aadhaar, the world’s largest biometric identity scheme, did not violate the country’s constitution — but also limited the scheme’s scope so that Aadhaar enrollment will not be required for access to bank accounts, school, or mobile phone connections.
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Anit Mukherjee, policy fellow at the Center for Global Development who has served as a policy advisor to Aadhaar, told Devex that he has some thoughts but little clarity of what “a good digital identification” is or should be. If good ID means strict data protection and data sharing protocols, and a high degree of personal agency with multiple authentication options, many developing countries have a hard time meeting those requirements, he said.
Despite the controversy around Aadhaar, based on the ruling, Aadhaar may be getting close to being a real-life example of what good digital ID can be, Mukherjee said.
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