What happenedUnder pressure to be more accountable for their use of resources, but also due to the post-9/11 push to track and identify terrorists across the world, the humanitarian and development sectors began increasingly to look to identity registration, including biometrics, and the collection and sharing of vast amounts of data on their beneficiaries. Development funding was supporting the deployment of ID systems, and both sectors were enthralled with ‘big data’ initiatives, all…
