The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa is weighing the feedback on its proposed regulations wanting cellular providers to verify customers with biometrics.
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa said it had received substantial feedback on its proposal to make mobile networks verify the identity of customers using biometrics.in March 2022, and now that it has received feedback, it will decide on the next steps.
Mobile network operators have been weighing the ramifications of the proposal, and Cell C’s chief legal officer Zahir Williams previously“The collection of subscriber biometric data is an important telco industry matter that will be considered at an industry forum provided by the Communications Risk Information Centre ,” Williams said.
However, while the proposal will add another layer of protection for mobile network customers, there are concerns over the safety of the biometrics and how easy it would be to fool recognition systems with false or stolen data. “POPI does not place an absolute ban on the processing and use of personal information. It prescribes measures for how and when you can use it,” Burger-Smidt said.
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