In US and Europe, biometric data exchange key to stopping human trafficking
A new agreement between Costa Rica and the U.S. under the Department of Homeland Security’s Biometric Information Sharing Partnerships (BDSP)…
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EU rights groups demand revision to data transfer deal with Israel
More than ten human rights groups have signed a letter protesting the European Union’s decision to continue personal data transfers…
Kenya’s digital ID ecosystem must respect fundamental human rights: policy advisory
The Kenya office of global rights advocacy organization, Amnesty International, has issued an advisory policy paper outlining what the country…
EU watchdog: Europol’s plan for migrant biometric data raises ‘serious questions’
A European data watchdog is scrutinizing a proposal to enhance Europol’s cooperation with Frontex and other agencies that would boost…
Australian Digital ID Bill draws feedback from finance, business, civil rights groups
First introduced to Parliament in November after being in the works for over three years, a parliamentary inquiry on Australia’s…
Delete non-convicts records from police biometric database: Ontario rights watchdog
Among more than 100 recommendations to address allegations of anti-Black racism within the Toronto Police service (TPS), the Ontario Human…
UN’s counter-terrorist travel biometrics poses human rights risk: Special Rapporteur
The United Nations’ travel surveillance system, which collects biometric data to track down terrorists, should be paused and “urgently reviewed,”…
Rights group says EU biometric surveillance still under debate
As the European Union inches toward the completion of its Artificial Intelligence Act, human rights organizations are warning about the…
Rights groups weigh in on NIST’s evaluation metrics for facial age estimation
Human rights organizations are taking an interest in the metrics used to evaluate age estimation by an American government body….
Myanmar’s biometric data collection sparks rights violation fears
A biometric data collection process underway in Myanmar as part of a plan for issuing 10-digit unique national ID cards…
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