TikTok’s updated privacy policy deepens concerns over user data
As TikTok restructures its U.S. operations under a newly created, majority American-owned joint venture, the company has quietly updated its…
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World’s iris biometrics scans launch in one country, undone in another
World has made its debut in Italy, deploying Orbs to Rome to register “proof of human” with iris biometrics scans….
Belize receives US funding under new biometric data sharing agreement
Belize has received roughly $250,000 in U.S.-funded biometric equipment and technology as part of a biometric data-sharing agreement with the…
Researchers propose key distribution system for post-quantum biometrics protection
A team of researchers has developed what they say is a quantum-secure communication protocol that replaces traditional public key cryptography…
Grok’s image processing feature is a mass violation of biometric privacy laws
The world, or some part of it, has decided in the last month or so that generating sexualized images of…
Advocacy groups warn DHS against sweeping expansion of immigration biometrics
A proposed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule to dramatically expand biometric data collection across the U.S. immigration system is…
Thailand suspected money-laundering scheme investigation pulls in World
The travails of World and Tools for Humanity in Thailand have taken a sinister turn, seemingly with little or no…
EU weighs biometric data access deal with US as price of visa-free travel
Europe is preparing to open its national biometric databases to U.S. border authorities, moving decisively toward a collective legal framework…
FBI director hints at bureau’s quiet expansion of global biometrics reach
When Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel wrote this week on X that the bureau had “undertaken a…
EU extends data deals with UK, starts negotiating with US on access to traveler databases
The EU has renewed adequacy decisions with the UK, keeping the door open for free data flows between the two…
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