Biometric fingerprint identification for prepaid phone activation in Peru

Biometric fingerprint identification for prepaid phone activation in Peru
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Deployment Status	Ongoing
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Deployment End Date
Events	* uses Record type Property:Has event Start (2 January 2017, Documented, , No description)
City	Lima
Country	Peru
Involved Entities
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Technology Deployed	Unknown Products 0113
Information Certainty	Documented
Primary sources	1
Datasets Used	Reniec
Deployment Type	Fingerprint Recognition
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managed by	Osiptel
used by	telecommunication operators in Peru
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Summary	In the start of 2017, the supervisory body for private telecommunication companies, Osiptel, made fingerprint biometric identification a mandatory requirement to buy or sell prepaid phone lines. The fingerprint must match with an existing identity from the national identification register, Reniec. The main mobile phone companies in Peru were ruled to implement fingerprint biometric verification systems. The identification of prepaid cell phone users is a measure adopted by the government to prevent these mobile lines from continuing to be used by criminals who hide behind anonymity to commit extortion

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Information Certainty: Documented

Deployment Purpose: Fingerprint Recognition

Summary

In the start of 2017, the supervisory body for private telecommunication companies, Osiptel, made fingerprint biometric identification a mandatory requirement to buy or sell prepaid phone lines. The fingerprint must match with an existing identity from the national identification register, Reniec. The main mobile phone companies in Peru were ruled to implement fingerprint biometric verification systems. The identification of prepaid cell phone users is a measure adopted by the government to prevent these mobile lines from continuing to be used by criminals who hide behind anonymity to commit extortion

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Products and Institutions:

Product Deployed	Unknown Products 0113
Institutions ⠉	Unknown Institution 0102
Datasets	Reniec
Search software

Status and Events:

Status	Ongoing
Events	Start (2 January 2017, Documented, , No description)
Start Date
End Date

Users:

Involved Entities
Managed by	Osiptel
Used by	Claro Movistar Entel

Location:

City	Lima
Country ⠉	Peru

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