Jumio launches e-book to help companies vet data processors for GDPR compliance
Most businesses on both side of the Atlantic are “woefully unprepared” for GDPR, and may not even realize their responsibilities…
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FIDO Alliance stresses differences in MFA technologies, sensitivity of biometric data as GDPR takes effect
As the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect, the FIDO Alliance has published a post outlining its…
U.S. Chamber of Commerce comes out against BIPA class action as suits pile up
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has come out in support of Facebook in its BIPA lawsuit currently before the courts,…
Northrup Grumman progressing on new DHS biometric system
Northrup Grumman is nearing completion of the first increment of a contract to develop a new cloud-based biometric system for…
Half of European consumers would share biometrics for online security, support federated identity
More than half (51 percent) of European consumers would share biometric data to improve their online security, and 41 percent…
Google lobbies to change BIPA
Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., is lobbying to roll back photo provisions in Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), according…
India’s Supreme Court questions potential for Aadhaar data misuse
Representatives of the Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) have told the country’s Supreme Court that its databases cannot be…
Illinois legislators consider amending BIPA as Facebook lobbies
Illinois legislators are considering an amendment to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) which would exempt businesses from the…
secunet solution to process biometric data for Estonia visa applications and border control
secunet announced that it has supplied biometric middleware to the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the country’s border control…
Biometrics Institute working with UNCTED on biometrics and counter-terrorism project
The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED) and the Biometrics Institute will launch a Compendium of good practices and…
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