Proposed changes to US children’s privacy rules count biometrics as personal data
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, unencumbered by more conservative members, is changing the nation’s primary regulation controlling commercial access to…
Articles By Jim Nash
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US tax office chooses ID.me over Login.gov for digital ID pilot
Identity verification firm ID.me has been chosen by the U.S. tax agency for its single sign on Direct File pilot….
Rite Aid’s proposed biometrics ban would sideline it for 5 years
A proposed U.S. regulatory settlement between Rite Aid and the Federal Trade Commission would sideline the national pharmacy chain in…
Grasping for Nasdaq straws, BIO-key pulls a big reverse stock split
BIO-key‘s board has chosen to perform a reverse stock split, which will increase the firm’s share price enough to meet…
US agencies not complying with AI laws and rules; maybe a bot would help
An audit of AI implementations by major departments of the U.S. government has found that not all planned, in-production or…
Amentum wins $282M contract for US biometric immigration systems
A sprawling engineering and integration firm has been awarded its second big U.S. immigration biometrics contract in three months. Both…
US preparing privacy technologies to secure new digital ID for immigrants
The Homeland Security Department is working on a digital ID for refugees and asylum seekers that is based on privacy-enhancing…
SIM fraudsters nettle South Asia; biometrics pushed as answer
India continues to inch closer to requiring fingerprint scans when companies issue SIM cards. Officials are looking at crime and…
California couldn’t find the right vendor, so it bootstrapped its mDL
In the forever war between build and buy, build largely won in the state of California when elected leaders decided…
NYC argues over increased scrutiny for police use of facial recognition
An argument against giving police facial recognition surveillance is that transparency is hard to guarantee because law enforcement officials equate…
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