Australian parliament approves ID verification, face biometrics bill with major amendments
A draft legislation that offers vital safeguards for face biometrics and digital ID verification services in Australia has received parliament’s…
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Indian G20 Sherpa says expansive DPI adoption by Global South will speed SDG attainment
An Indian government representative (or “Sherpa”) at the G20, Amitabh Kant, has called for more countries of the Global South…
School district adds facial recognition of sex offenders to ROC.ai surveillance system
A school district located in the U.S. state of West Virginia is building out its facial recognition system, adding the…
Daon adds adaptive protection against deepfakes for voice biometrics
Daon has launched an adaptive synthetic voice detection capability for its AI.X deepfake defense portfolio, enhancing its protection against biometric…
Strategies for defending against the newest BIPA class action threat: Mass arbitration
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For years, arbitration has offered businesses a lower-cost alternative to…
ThreatMark to develop new fraud prevention capabilities after pulling in $5M
A scale-up capital firm has committed $5 million to ThreatMark, an anti-fraud software makers that focuses on human behavior when…
Facial recognition in Iranian Metro being used as scare tactic to enforce hijab
In Mashhad, Iran, facial recognition systems are being deployed to intimidate women into wearing hijabs, according to Iran International. On…
California watchdog has strong words for Clearview, but CEO says they’re mistaken
A consumer watchdog is barking loudly at Clearview AI and its facial recognition system, with a new letter to California’s…
AI Act stumbles over provisional deal with biometrics among main culprits
Biometric surveillance and generative AI are again proving to be stumbling blocks as lawmakers hammer out a provisional deal for…
Industry panel wants US digital IDs off ISO’s and TSA’s to-do list
A panel of digital ID community insiders yesterday told the U.S. Congress that the federal government has put the future…
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