Fingers crossed for balanced federal facial recognition regulation under Biden
A new occupant in the White House has some in the privacy community hopeful that meaningful federal and state controls…
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How to replicate digital ID successes explored in ID4Africa 2020 Marathon of Innovations Day 1
Examples of biometrics-backed government digital ID systems for service delivery that have yielded benefits for people in countries in Africa…
Fitbit research suggests wearable biometrics tracking can detect COVID-19
A new research paper published by Fitbit suggests the wearable could be used to detect COVID-19 by monitoring the wearer’s…
CBP to submit detained foreigners’ DNA to FBI biometric database by year-end
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now has the information it needs to meet its legal requirements for collecting DNA…
Frontex presents guidance for EU biometric border system implementation
Key biometric and digital ID technologies, guidelines and best practices, and baseline minimum requirements for the Entry Exit Systems (EES)…
Face biometrics legal landscape shifting with restrictions in China, police guidance in UK
Tianjin, a city of more than 12 million in Northern China, has passed a set of new local rules largely…
Startup wants to give biometric face scrapers digital dead ends to chase
A small shop of AI coders and photographers have a new use for their GAN-made portfolio of faces. The company…
Biometrics-based platform in the works in Ireland to help track organized crime suspects
The police service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Ireland national police service (Garda) are partnering to develop a forensic…
Biometric authentication adoption slowed in UK by privacy and UX concerns, Nomidio suggests
A new report commissioned by passwordless solutions firm Nomidio revealed a trend of distrust towards biometric authentication in the UK…
Google argues alleged biometric privacy violations not covered by Illinois state law
Google has filed a motion to dismiss claims against it under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) from federal court…
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