Amid criticism, Namibian official explains why biometrics is required for SIM registration
Namibia’s biggest telecommunications service provider MTC has faced criticism lately for asking citizens to provide their face and fingerprints biometrics…
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Lessons learned from recent BIPA third-party vendor decision
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney On the heels of the Illinois Supreme Court’s opinion in…
Plaintiff voluntarily drops HID Global from biometric data privacy suit
HID Global has been dropped from a biometric data privacy lawsuit in Illinois federal court, at least for now. The…
Takeaways from Illinois Supreme Court decision on BIPA’s applicable statute of limitations
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For years, litigants involved in Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act…
A big BIPA decision: Plaintiffs have 5 years to file biometrics claims
A lawsuit limitation decision involving biometrics privacy has been handed down by the U.S. state of Illinois’ Supreme Court. It…
Dutch watchdog has doubts about centralizing passport biometrics data
Proposals for central biometric databases, especially government databases, are popular with anyone fed up with maddeningly fragmented identity system standard…
FaceTec beats BIPA accusations
FaceTec has been quietly dropped from allegations of wrongdoing under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, in recognition of its role…
Face biometrics dropped by Verkada in 4 US locales as data protection gains momentum
Legal restrictions on the use of facial recognition have prompted security camera vendor Verkada to shut down the capability in…
US privacy law catches insurer and Amazon; settlement nears in another case
The biometric privacy protection law in the U.S. state of Illinois continues to churn though challenges. A United States district…
Employees saying no to biometric timekeepers
Consumers might be the biggest class of people suffering the loss of control of their biometric data to governments and…
