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Six of eight claims in IBM biometric data privacy suit upheld as dismissal rejected
Two items of a motion to dismiss a biometric data privacy lawsuit by IBM have been granted, though a federal…
| Sep 15, 2020 | Amazon and Microsoft move for dismissal of biometric privacy suit, arguing no jurisdiction for training dataIllinois’ biometric privacy law does not apply to conduct out of state and therefore suits against Amazon and Microsoft over… |
| Sep 11, 2020 | IBM calls for export controls on some facial biometrics technologies to prevent human rights abusesBiometric facial recognition exports from the U.S. should be subject to new controls, IBM argues, to avoid putting the powerful… |
| Aug 26, 2020 | Home Office signs £7M deal with IBM to build controversial biometric databaseUK’s Home Office has signed a £7 million (US $9.2 million) contract with IBM to work with law enforcement in… |
| Jul 15, 2020 | Facial biometrics training dataset leads to BIPA lawsuits against Amazon, Alphabet and MicrosoftDespite being conceived of as a way to make biometric facial recognition more equitable, IBM’s Diversity in Faces is continuing… |
| Jun 9, 2020 | IBM pulls face biometrics and questions their use by law enforcement in letter to CongressIBM is mostly exiting the biometric facial recognition business, pulling its general purpose recognition and analysis software from the market and… |
| Mar 2, 2020 | The Vatican and Big Tech, Pentagon release overlapping AI commandmentsIt is hard to know what it means when a global religious figure, two iconic technology giants and the Pentagon… |
| Mar 2, 2020 | Tech giants pressured to follow Google in removing gender labels from computer vision servicesGoogle’s move to eliminate gender labels from its artificial intelligence-powered computer vision services has put pressure on Microsoft, Amazon, and… |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Biometric privacy suits leveled against IBM and Clearview AI in IllinoisPotential class action lawsuits have been filed against IBM and Clearview AI for alleged violations of the Illinois’ Biometric Information… |
| Nov 7, 2019 | Trueface wins Air Force facial recognition contract as other government deployments court controversyTrueface has been awarded its second contract for biometric facial recognition technology from the U.S. Air Force, to help secure… |
| Oct 30, 2019 | Blockchain and biometrics leveraged for digital birth certificate in BrazilThe birth of a baby in Brazil has been registered on a blockchain through a biometric process in what was… |
| Sep 19, 2019 | Carnegie report says facial recognition and AI surveillance spreading faster than thoughtAt least 75 countries around the world are actively using artificial intelligence tools such as facial biometrics to conduct surveillance… |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Facial recognition for travel and onboarding top this week’s biometrics and digital ID newsStories on biometrics use cases from flight boarding to onboarding, and surveillance to aid delivery made up the most-read news… |
| Aug 9, 2019 | New biometric technologies and old controversies top this week’s biometrics and digital ID newsThe most widely read articles on Biometric Update this week cover new innovations and solutions for liveness, facial recognition, vehicles… |
| May 7, 2019 | UK Home Office rumored to push AWS as host of combined biometrics databaseThe UK Home Office is considering bids from several companies for its combined database of biometrics from police and immigration… |
| Jan 29, 2019 | IBM launches public data set to further research into diversity and facial biometricsIBM has announced the launch of a new data set specifically created to further research into, and ultimately the development… |
| Nov 27, 2018 | Multiple factors keep organizations from using MFA for mainframe applicationsOnly one in five organizations is using multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure access to IBM mainframe applications or plans to… |
| Sep 19, 2018 | IBM launches real-time algorithmic bias detection toolsIBM has launched software to analyze how and why algorithms make decisions, as well as detect bias and recommend changes…. |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Police camera footage quietly used in IBM video search feature developmentIBM used footage quietly obtained from NYPD surveillance cameras to develop a function to allow police to search camera footage… |
| Aug 9, 2018 | IBM researchers develop biometric malware to prepare for AI vs. AI futureA team of researchers from IBM’s cybersecurity division have created an artificially-intelligent, biometric malware called DeepLocker that can work with… |
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Boston spied, used facial recognition on concertgoers
Recent news reports claim that the City of Boston tested an IBM video mass surveillance system at the Boston Calling…
