The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has moved to prohibit Sandpoint, Idaho-based data broker Kochava and its subsidiary, Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based…
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Anthony Kimery is the former Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Homeland Security Today. He managed the magazine, daily online news operations and wrote the award-winning "Kimery Report," which covered a broad spectrum of HS-related issues, from public health preparedness to intelligence collection. He has 30-plus years of broad institutional knowledge and expertise in homeland/national security matters and issues as an editor, analyst, and consultant. He also serves as Advisory Board Member of Mississippi College’s Center for Counterterrorism Studies.
Biometrics in warfare, surveillance raise new oversight challenges
A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report warns that biometric technologies are moving from routine identity verification into more consequential…
US lawmakers move to restrict AI chatbots used by kids
A bipartisan pair of House and Senate bills would impose new federal restrictions on AI chatbots, including a ban on…
Detained immigrants sue Trump administration over biometric policy
A group of six immigrants in U.S. detention filed a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration over a biometric policy…
Police policy on facial recognition use earns OK in Lawton, needed in Sante Fe
The Lawton, Oklahoma City Council approved a policy governing police use of facial recognition technology (FRT), moving the city closer…
US bill would require warrants for digital surveillance, biometric searches
A House bill introduced by Reps. Thomas Massie and Lauren Boebert would impose a broad warrant requirement on government searches…
Massachusetts police share fingerprint data with ICE despite limits, report says
A new report from Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) says Massachusetts police departments, sheriffs, courts, and other justice system actors…
AI regulation set to become US midterm battleground
The fight over AI regulation in Congress is becoming less a conventional technology policy debate than a struggle over who…
Deepfake threats exploiting the trust inside corporate systems
New York-based AI security company Reality Defender is warning businesses that deepfake threats have moved beyond isolated fraud schemes and…
US lawmakers push national data privacy rules amid state preemption concerns
House Republicans this week introduced a pair of sweeping data privacy bills designed to create parallel national frameworks for the…
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