Human Rights Watch calls on China to shut down “Police Cloud”
The Chinese government is using a “Police Cloud” of big data platforms to aggregate and analyze citizen’s personal information on…
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Human Rights Watch raises privacy concerns over Chinese voice recognition program
China’s government is collecting “voice pattern” samples from its citizens to build a database for use with voice recognition technology,…
EU slaps itself on wrist for surveillance tech transfer to Africa without rights assessment
The European Ombudsman has agreed with civil society complainants by concluding that the European Commission was “not able to demonstrate…
Big Brother Watch report suggests thermal screening tools in pandemic may have been unlawful
The scientific evidence to support the use of thermal screening to reduce the transmission of Covid-19 during the pandemic was…
Who’s watching the US DOJ’s use of facial recognition? Hint, the ACLU plays a part
Law enforcement agencies in several U.S. jurisdictions have engaged with the ACLU to formulate their policies for facial recognition use….
Public face biometrics increase in Brazil, scrutinized for biases, rights impact
Face biometrics deployments in Brazil have been multiplying over the last two years and are proving increasingly controversial for their…
City in India requires smartwatches for surveillance on sewer workers
It is a good example of what many people globally fear about biometric surveillance. A city in India requires those…
Groups say Greece migrant biometric data collection will violate human rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Homo Digitalis say a planned police program in Greece to obtain the facial and fingerprint…
U.S. watchdog wants law enforcement to follow basic biometrics rules to build trust
A U.S. government watchdog agency is pushing three policies, none of which should be a surprise, to increase trust in…
A tri-polar privacy world: China, EU, US conflict on rights regimes
There’s an old African saying: When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. And when elephants make love,…
