<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>This seems to be a growing trend. In Nigeria, all operators require a national ID (or passport) and they take fingerprint and picture to register sim cards. It may be interesting to know how data protection policies in markets that require this have been updated/adjusted to ensure privacy and protection of data. Especially since sim registration is sometimes used to enable entrepreneurs and/or small SME's who resell sim cards, airtime/data and therefore may not be directly employed by the MNO. </div><div><br></div><div>Onica</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2">Onica N. Makwakwa<br>Africa Regional Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)<br></font></span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2">+27 63 237 3050 (South Africa)<br></font></span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2">Skype: afrodivaonline</font></span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br><img src="cid:5C912077-4D90-4DF6-8E38-21CF1D062E4B" type="image/png"></div><div style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:rgb(81,144,50)">World Wide Web Foundation | </span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:rgb(81,144,50)">1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington DC 20005, USA | </span></b><a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:rgb(81,144,50);text-decoration:none">www.webfoundation.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:rgb(81,144,50)"> | Twitter: @webfoundation</span></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Judith Hellerstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" target="_blank">judith@jhellerstein.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>I can understand why they need your ID cards for verification but biometrics is a bit overboard </div><div id="m_2466292086733956031AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_2466292086733956031AppleMailSignature">Judith <br><br>Sent from my iPhone<div><a href="mailto:Judith@jhellerstein.com" target="_blank">Judith@jhellerstein.com</a></div><div>Skype ID:Judithhellerstein </div></div><div><br>On Dec 5, 2017, at 8:02 AM, Sivasubramanian M <<a href="mailto:isolatednet@gmail.com" target="_blank">isolatednet@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto"><div>Might be happening everywhere. In this instance, Airtel, one of India's Telecom operators requires all subscribers to bring their National Id cards to their premises and present biometrics to them for 'verification'. Where is this leading to ? (See the image in the forwarded mail below that says, "visit the nearest Airtel store with your Id (Aadhar), give your fingerprints)<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sivasubramanian M</div><div dir="auto">President</div><div dir="auto">Internet Society India Chennai.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Airtel" <<a href="mailto:impinfo@mailer.airtel.com" target="_blank">impinfo@mailer.airtel.com</a>><br>Date: Dec 5, 2017 6:00 PM<br>Subject: Important- Verify your Airtel Mobile with Aadhaar!<br>To: <<a href="mailto:isolatednet@gmail.com" target="_blank">isolatednet@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_2466292086733956031m_-844281774778903103quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-size:15px;text-align:left;color:#444444;line-height:20px;padding:10px 15px">As per the directive from Govt. of India, it is mandatory to verify your mobile number with Aadhaar before 6-Feb-2018.
Please follow below mentioned steps to complete the verification for your Airtel Mobile <a href="tel:099524%2003099" value="+919952403099" target="_blank">9952403099</a>.</td>
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<td width="65" align="left" valign="top"><img class="m_2466292086733956031m_-844281774778903103m_5960971320692261760fullwidth" src="http://oemm2.airtel.com/image?ci=1&mi=417&name=img1.jpg"></td>
<td align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size:15px;color:1d1d1d;line-height:18px;padding:0 0 0 20px">Visit the nearest <a href="http://oemm2.airtel.com/r.html?uid=1.bl.27rba.wh.dr84f0u513" target="_blank"><i> Airtel Store </i></a></td>
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<td align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size:15px;color:1d1d1d;line-height:18px;padding:0 0 0 20px">Share Aadhaar number with our executive to update</td>
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<td align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size:15px;color:1d1d1d;line-height:18px;padding:0 0 0 20px">Give your fingerprints for biometric verification</td>
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<td align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size:15px;color:1d1d1d;line-height:18px;padding:0 0 0 20px">Confirm the OTP sent on your number</td>
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<td align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size:15px;color:1d1d1d;line-height:18px;padding:0 0 0 20px">Done! Your Aadhaar is linked</td>
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<td align="left" valign="top" style="text-align:center;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;padding:2px 2px;color:1d1d1d">For Airtel Store details, click <a href="http://oemm2.airtel.com/r.html?uid=1.bl.27rba.wk.3z5g4qdp08" style="color:#ec1c24" target="_blank">www.airtel.in/store </a> or <strong>SMS STORE <Area PIN Code></strong> to <strong>121</strong>
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