US creeps towards digital ID legislation as election looms
The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has voted to advance the Improving Digital Identity Act, moving one…
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Sixteen Native American tribes added to biometric background check program
The U.S. Department of Justice has added sixteen federally recognized indigenous Tribes to its Tribal Access Program, which grants Tribal…
Biometrics use by law enforcement criticized in three European countries
Europe continues to wrestle with privacy issues around the collection of sensitive biometric data by law enforcement. In France, Norway,…
Private medical record photos spotted in biometrics training dataset
Medical record photos are private — but that may not stop them from showing up in datasets used to train…
Biometric data collection by Chinese government still growing, along with breaches
Beijing appears to be ramping up its collection of biometric data, as reports roll in of increased surveillance and monitoring…
US accountability office has a few dozen recommendations to meet federal data privacy
The U.S. continues to face challenges to its meet its own data privacy standards, according to a new report from…
Regula launches compact, full-feature video spectral comparator
A lighter option for forensics ID document scanning is entering the market, with the arrival in the market of the…
Clearview facial recognition used to exonerate suspect on trial over traffic fatality
In what its CEO calls a move to “balance the scales of justice,” facial recognition company Clearview AI gave defense…
Ekemp’s Liberian biometric voter card contract rejected by review; verbal sparring ensues
The back-and-forth continues over the procurement of biometric equipment and software to be used in Liberia’s elections, according to the…
Pair of Apple patents hint at wrist biometrics in MacBooks, under-display sensors for iPhones
Apple has been granted a pair of new patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for novel biometrics…
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