Agency to engage new Nigerian govt on passage of delayed data protection bill
An unnamed official of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has a told local daily Punch that the agency is planning…
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Opposition gathers but biometric privacy laws grow
Forces for and against biometric information protection laws in the United States remain stalemated in a position that favors proponents…
Worldcoin may have a biometric data black market problem
Worldcoin, the digital identity and financial services crypto project that verifies people by scanning their irises, has found itself amid…
For automakers, drivers, and biometric security providers, privacy is the new safety
Concerns about privacy continue to hover over developments that give drivers new digital and biometric options, but could potentially put…
No hearing necessary as biometric data privacy lawsuit against FaceTec dropped
A lawsuit alleging biometric data privacy violations by FaceTec has been formally dismissed without a hearing, after plaintiffs’ counsel discovered…
Nigerians hope to see data protection bill signed into law before Buhari leaves office
The call for Nigeria’s federal government to sign the new personal data protection bill into law has become louder lately…
US regulators ‘scrutinize in determining’ use of biometric data (What?)
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says it will meet next week to talk about regulating companies that use biometric data….
Pharmacy, Apple still on the BIPA hook. Car renter Enterprises settling
A proposed biometric data privacy class action against CVS Pharmacy won a second life this week. It had been dismissed,…
Voiceprint BIPA case filed against Cerence. Plaintiffs include a minor riding in a car
A voice recognition software maker in the auto industry has been sued in the U.S. state of Illinois for allegedly…
US gov’t, Meta go after one another over proposed ‘blanket prohibition’ on face biometrics
Open hostility has broken out in the United States between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission. Ostensibly, the argument is…
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