Pace of EU live biometric surveillance regulation prompts Reclaim Your Face movement
Dozens of allied European civil society groups, incredulous that few of the continent’s governments have, in their eyes, been able…
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New regulations will help facial recognition but hard work remains, UK Commissioner says
“Sunny uplands” are ahead for the facial recognition industry, but biometrics providers and integrators will have to be mindful of…
Informal agreement on restricting exports of biometric surveillance technology reached by EU
The European Union has reached an agreement on limiting exports of facial recognition and other technology that can be used…
Biometrics community recognizes need for better messaging on ethical facial recognition use
Less than one in four biometrics community stakeholders say that enough is being done by the industry to influence the…
Chinese government biometric surveillance intensifying amid pandemic response
China’s use of biometrics in surveillance is continuing to increase, according to a report by Chinafile, a non-profit organization, published…
COVID mission creep could look a lot like anti-terror surveillance expansion — report
A stiff-armed warning about COVID-19 tracing programs and apps from a U.S. political think tank will likely bolster isolationist, anti-government…
EU Data Protection Supervisor backs moratorium on biometrics deployments
The growth in popularity of biometrics has been accompanied by widespread misconceptions, according to European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Wojciech…
Data breach stirs new university protests about proctoring apps
A recent intrusion into a proctoring app may not have resulted in the exposure of students’ biometric data, but it…
French politicians call for face biometrics and AI surveillance tools to tackle terrorism
France may be on the way to deploy face recognition and AI surveillance technologies to monitor people in public spaces….
NEC facial recognition deployed for tests to ensure spectator safety at Japan sports venues
Authorities in Japan say they are carrying out biometrics-based tests to determine the possibility of increasing the number of spectators…
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