ID.me finds itself accused of biometric data privacy violation
The state of Illinois’ biometric privacy law this week spawned another proposed class action. The plaintiff, a former health care…
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Insurance coverage for Illinois BIPA ruling
By Peter Halprin and Tae Andrews, Pasich LLP Recent litigation has raised the stakes for companies facing lawsuits brought under…
JumpCloud survey finds over half of SMEs using biometrics after sudden leap in adoption
Enterprise software company JumpCloud has unveiled findings from its Q2 2022 Small and Medium-Sized (SME) IT Trends Report, including a…
Sobrsafe signs US distribution agreement for biometric sobriety scanners
SOBRsafe announced it has signed its first master distributor agreement with substance abuse management company RecoveryTrek, to dispense its biometric…
Ruling over liability of biometric time clock vendor in Illinois approaches
Hotel chain Hyatt says that its biometric workforce management technology provider Kronos should pay a portion of the $1.1 million…
Public institutions in India resuming fingerprint biometric attendance after COVID break
Some public offices across India are reintroducing biometric attendance record-keeping for staff with fingerprints, a practice common in India’s public…
UnionCommunity at IFSEC 2022: presenting multimodal biometrics tech for access control applications
UnionCommunity presented its Ubio-X Pro multimodal biometric scanners for the first time in Europe at IFSEC 2022 in London last…
Biometric data privacy allegations are getting intense. Just ask White Castle and Amazon
Two new proposed take-downs of the most prominent state-level biometric privacy law in the United States have been launched. The…
Force 5, Causeway each expand biometric verification for industrial workplaces
Force 5, a Miami, Florida-based utilities solutions provider, detailed a facial recognition platform to verify individuals in a power utility…
Busy BIPA days: Amazon, 7-Eleven and rail company BNSF
A new class action filed against several of Amazon executives, including company founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy, claims…
