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Articles By Joel R. McConvey

Joel McConvey is a creative content producer and digital specialist who helps people and organizations tell their story across platforms, and meet the challenges of a digital culture that changes quickly and often. Reach him on Twitter @jrmcconvey.

 

Indonesian ports automate with HID FRT to reduce wait times

A case study from HID breaks the deployment of its facial recognition technology (FRT) for automated border control by Indonesian…

 

BIPA suit against X Corp. killed as judge hashes out ‘biometric identifiers’

The question of whether photos collected by social media sites constitute biometric data has another answer, this one from an…

 

New South Wales’ government is investing millions in digital identity

New South Wales’ decentralized digital identity program is getting a cash infusion from the Premier Chris Minns’ government, which has…

 

Austrian digital wallet can now house national ID, proof of age alongside mDLs

Austra’s digital ID wallet app can now hold fully digital proof of identity, as Youniqx Identity, a subsidiary of the…

 

California bill on police use of facial recognition passes second reading

California’s Senate Public Safety Committee has unanimously voted to advance Assembly Bill 1814, which would prevent police using facial recognition…

 

House committee wants to check TSA’s digital identity homework

The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee has advanced legislation that would require the Transportation Security Authority (TSA) to produce a…

 

Vermont governor rejects privacy law that would be among strongest in US

The governor of Vermont says the state’s proposed data protection law is too risky, and has returned H.121, “An act…

 

Meta scores biometric privacy lawsuit win over Facebook non-users

A BIPA class action lawsuit against social media giant Meta has been quashed. The suit alleged that Meta Platforms Inc….

 

California law wants marketplaces to collect digital ID data from high-volume sellers

Democratic lawmakers in the golden state are fast-tracking a bill that would force online marketplaces to start collecting identity data…

 

Synthetic aging helps facial recognition algorithms navigate age gaps, says new paper

The question of aging is a particularly tough nugget for legislators to chew on when considering facial recognition or face…

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