€2.8M funding for startup Mobai’s biometric data protection project
Enhanced face biometrics, presentation attack detection, face quality assessment and biometric template protection in the Scandinavian banking sector are the…
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The Future of Data Protection: Effective Enforcement in the Digital World
The Future of Data Protection: Effective Enforcement in the Digital World June 16-17, 2022 Brussels, Belgium The European Data Protection…
Nigeria to try again on data protection regulation, India seeks further consultation
Moves to put Data Protection Regulation (DPR) in place in Nigeria, China, and India have seen different developments this week….
Data protection authority blocks facial recognition from thermal cameras in Quebec
The Canadian province of Quebec has determined that combining thermal cameras with facial recognition or any other identification system violates…
Kenya’s digital ID ruled illegal until data protection impact assessment completed
Kenya’s national biometrics-backed digital ID system Huduma Namba has been struck a blow by the country’s High Court, which ruled…
How India can operationalize its data protection regulation
Privacy and data protection experts from Germany, Ghana and the Philippines have suggested ways through which India’s Data Protection Authority…
Feitian biometric security key approved by NIST for sensitive data protection
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has validated Feitian’s Biometric FIDO Key Module to the Federal Information…
Ban biometrics from public spaces, EU data protection authorities recommend
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) have issued a call for a broad…
Strong data protection regulations key to digital ID success for the UK, says ICO
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), an independent authority which promotes data privacy, supports the new UK Digital Identity and…
European data protection regulator argues biometric surveillance restrictions not strong enough
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Wojciech Wiewiórowski says the European Commission’s proposed legislation restricting the use of facial recognition and…
