Israel issues draft guidelines on biometric data collection in the workplace
Israel’s privacy watchdog has published a draft document outlining guidelines and rules organizations and businesses should keep in mind when…
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Multiple regulators turn gaze to Worldcoin’s iris collection
Regulators in the UK, France, Germany, Kenya and Mexico are scrutinizing Worldcoin, the company that offers people free cryptocurrency for…
Most UK, US execs already on-board for biometrics, about 15% have no adoption plans
A survey by law firm Womble Bond Dickinson indicates that six out of 10 companies in the United Kingdom and…
Historic penalty decision in BIPA case shows the need to take biometric privacy seriously
Biometrics in one U.S. jurisdiction is now officially a live electrical wire dancing on the ground, ready to shock the…
Millions in biometric data privacy lawsuit settlements continue to pile up
It’s another busy day for biometric privacy plaintiffs in the U.S. state of Illinois. A regional grocery chain and Instagram…
Scottish police reprimanded for illegally storing biometrics
The Scottish Police Authority (SPA)’s Policing Performance Committee met in June to discuss assurance reviews from the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner,…
EU, India and US make louder noises about legislating privacy protection
On the assumption that all (or maybe a lot) of change can be good, things are good for data protection…
New state biometric privacy laws highlight the role of insurance
By Peter Halprin and Tae Andrews, attorneys with Pasich LLP While July 1st will be the beginning of summer vacation…
EU police biometric databases will grow with new data exchange policy, says rights group
The European Union’s new law on exchanging data between national law enforcement authorities is set to increase the amount of…
US implements privacy framework for EU data exchange, final agreement expected mid-July
After months of cross-Atlantic negotiations, the U.S. announced it has fulfilled its commitments for implementing the EU-US Data Privacy Framework,…
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