Does US privacy regulation trump a state’s biometrics law? Supreme Court to decide
The U.S. state of Illinois’ Supreme Court is hearing another biometric privacy case, this one brought by health care workers…
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Scotland commissioner calls for expansion of biometric data oversight to justice system
Today, Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr. Brian Plastow published a report encouraging Scottish Ministers to consider extending oversight powers and the…
Data privacy law is in effect in Quebec and businesses are confused about what it means
With the second phase of Quebec’s Law 25 in effect as of September 22, a new survey says there is…
Synthetic faces could solve algorithmic bias and ethical data quandary: IDVerse
For years, many of the AI systems used for facial recognition and identity verification have had a race and gender…
BIPA defendants take their fates out of courts; Samsung can’t avoid arbitration
For all its boilerplate bluster about winning the biometric privacy lawsuit it was defending against in the United States, face-scraper…
Delaware enacts wide data privacy law without consumer right to sue
A new consumer data privacy enacted in Delaware applies to wider range of businesses than similar laws in other states,…
The latest US state to consider data privacy law with no right of action: Pennsylvania
The quilt of consumer privacy laws in the United States continues to unfold. This week, lawmakers for the state of…
Some big names sweated a hot summer with biometric privacy court cases
It’s a brand-name roundup of biometric information privacy lawsuits today, with Clearview AI, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon battling in court…
Sri Lanka passes data protection legislation to handle digital ID privacy concerns
Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Technology Kanaka Herath has given assurances that the government is taking a raft of measures,…
Montana passes Genetic Information Privacy Act, continues to lead US in privacy protection
Montana has passed the Genetic Information Privacy Act with a number of broad definitions that provides wide protections for state…
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