Philippines to examine biometric data quality, fast-track digital ID issuance

The poor quality of biometrics collected by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has put the rollout of the PhilSys ID card this year in jeopardy, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

BusinessMirror reports that DICT Secretary Ivan John E. Uy says some PSA service providers appear to have used low quality webcams when capturing facial images. The image quality is too low in some cases for the biometric system to match their facial features, he says. …

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