Nearly half of African countries lack proper safeguards for biometric data collection
New research by ICT think tank CIPESA has exposed how many African governments collect, store and manage biometric data of…
Surveillance
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US renews warning about Chinese biometric technology for a world audience
In December 2020, the U.S. Homeland Security Department warned that buying biometric systems from China is “a grave threat.” Almost…
Australian state poised for facial recognition to tackle problem gambling draws criticism
Australia’s New South Wales state is bent on installing facial recognition systems in clubs and pubs from next year to…
Securing democracy requires trust, biometrics commissioner warns new UK taskforce
“As almost all of our technological capability is in private ownership, the people we trust (police, emergency services, local and…
Retail video analytics investment defies market trend with Vsblty raise, March acquisition
A biometrics company, Vsblty Groupe, has pulled in what likely is one of the last rounds of funding in North…
Europol’s new rules enable sourcing of ‘third country’ biometric data
New regulations give Europol too much biometric surveillance power while cutting external oversight of the agency’s data processing and protection…
Facial recognition in surveillance keeps growing, but so do doubts
Several deployments of new face biometrics for surveillance reportedly have failed to deliver on crime-fighting promises. The first is the…
Newest leak of EU’s AI Act doesn’t satisfy naysayers on biometric surveillance
Another new draft of the latest European Union’s proposed AI Act has leaked and if the 149-page tome has provisions…
Covid response tech leaves Indians more exposed to data collection: briefing
India’s e-governance has gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic and mobile phone cash transfer via the country’s biometric Aadhaar has…
Plans for biometric surveillance reach epic scales with off-putting implications
A pair of troubling reports about plans for intensive biometric surveillance seem drawn from the nightmares of privacy advocates. The…
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