‘Pandemic drone’ tests to monitor for Covid-19 infections ends quickly due to privacy concerns
Testing by Westport, Connecticut of a drone to collect biometric readings has been abruptly canceled due to outrage over perceived…
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Privacy as a human right gets lip service. A report shows a different path
A report out of Harvard University warns that global society naively seems to expect artificial intelligence to grow benignly, on…
Plaintiff in Clearview AI biometric privacy lawsuit says breach proves data must be deleted
The plaintiff in a biometric privacy lawsuit against Clearview AI says a recent breach of internal company files, apps and…
Australian students fear exam platform threatens biometric data privacy
Students from Australia’s University of Queensland fear their biometric data and privacy could be at risk due to a third-party…
Touch ID returns for new iPhone SE as OnePlus fingerprint biometric vulnerability found and patched
Even a deadly pandemic has not prevented Apple from launching a new iPhone, the second-generation iPhone SE, which includes Touch…
Facial biometrics loophole highlighted by World Privacy Forum report on U.S. schools
One of the top biometrics news stories of the young 2020 calendar year pops up in the middle of the…
UIDAI proposes public Aadhaar facial biometrics and temperature checks to boost containment efforts
Officials with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have suggested that camera networks performing facial recognition and temperature checks…
Amazon Alexa voice biometrics privacy lawsuit judge rules terms of service do not force arbitration
A federal judge has ruled that a biometric privacy lawsuit against Amazon over children’s voice recordings does not need to…
Contactless biometrics and fever detection demand, digital ID credentials top industry news this week
The biometrics industry continues to adjust to the global lockdown with new offerings for fever detection, attempts to find early…
Duke researchers to collect biometrics from wearables in search for early COVID-19 detection method
Do smartphones and biometric wearables already contain the data we need to know if we have become infected with the…
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