Jurisdiction and pre-emption in biometric privacy suits may soon be clarified
The regular movement of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) suits to the Northern District of California may only increase as…
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NYPD Commissioner defends controversial DNA database, Scotland advances biometrics Bill
Last summer, the NYPD was accused of violating state and civil rights in its efforts to build a biometric DNA…
China cracks down on biometric data collection by apps with new consent requirement
Apps in China will be required to receive explicit consent from users to collect their biometric data starting on October…
Schools’ biometrics trials fined in Poland, launched in NJ, and criticized in Australia
A school in Gdansk, Poland, has been fined PLN 20,000 (roughly US$5,300) by the European Data Protection Board over a…
CCPA and face recognition to ensure personal privacy
This is a guest post by Shaun Moore, founder of Trueface. Data privacy is becoming an increasingly important topic as…
US lawmakers question biometrics firm over business practices and work with foreign governments
The admission by Olympic-caliber web scraper Clearview AI last week that its account information had been stolen has prompted nettled…
GET Group NA upgrades biometric identity management platform for end-to-end credentials
GET Group North America has released an upgraded version of its CoreID Identity Management System (IDMS) for biometric identity authentication…
Senator proposes new digital privacy agency with sweeping powers
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) recently issued an initial 41-page “discussion draft” of proposed legislation, the Data Protection Act of 2020,…
NASA to licence heartbeat biometric patent and subcutaneous vein imager
NASA has launched a new heartbeat biometric patent for commercial licensing to enable developers and solutions integrators to offer the…
Pew Trusts and RTI International to develop roadmap to boost biometric patient matching
With the use of biometrics increasing dramatically in a range of areas, including healthcare, The Pew Charitable Trusts and RTI…
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