Proposed US privacy protections make it out of subcommittee, but the future’s dim
Muted concern about a privacy rights bill being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives did not prevent it this…
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Regulators hammer Didi for illegal biometric data collection, let top execs off easy
China regulators have fined ridesharing giant Didi Global a significant sum, saying the company illegally harvested the facial recognition data…
Zimbabwean start-up lands €250K award with biometric verification solution
VaxiGlobal, a biometrics-based vaccine verification solution developed in 2019 by a trio of health workers in Zimbabwe, has won the…
Face biometrics provider Hummingbirds AI picked for accelerator program
Cyber security solution provider Hummingbirds AI has been chosen for the MassChallenge start-up accelerator program which will enable it to…
UK data regulator ICO sets out plan to be recognized and used by public and business
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data regulator, has launched a plan to become better known and better used…
China, Russia, India: facial recognition surveillance projects far from the capitals
Unmanned police surveillance vehicles patrol a city in Xinjiang, a Russian city in the Arctic Circle deploys a powerful facial…
Congo’s troubled, lucrative biometric passport contract still open?
It still is not known who, if anyone, has won a contract to make biometric passports for the Democratic People’s…
Will Czech Republic reach its AI, digital identity goals during its EU ‘crisis presidency’?
The Czech Republic has taken over from France as host of the presidency of the Council of the European Union…
Panel on use of facial recognition by UK police breaks issue down for lawmakers
Leaders from among civil society, police, academia and regulatory bodies convened at the London School of Economics last week to…
Why are government’s still hesitating over social media ID verification?
Liudas Kanapienis, CEO and co-founder of Ondato Controversy surrounded the inclusion in May of an Online Safety Bill in the Queen’s…
