Committee reviews U.S. law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Regulation held a bipartisan hearing Wednesday morning to review the use of facial…
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Aadhaar authentication devices will have to comply with new encryption standards
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the governing agency in charge of Aadhaar, will make it mandatory for all devices…
Nigeria to register 16M farmers in biometric database
The Nigerian government said it will register at least 16 million farmers in a new biometric database to enable them…
Israeli government passes biometric database law
Earlier this week, the Knesset passed the biometric database law in its second and third readings after all concerns were…
UK police told to remove images of innocent people from police database on request
The UK home secretary has ordered UK police agencies to delete on request millions of images of innocent people illegally…
UIDAI lodges complaints due to inappropriate Aadhaar data use
According to an article published in the Times of India, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has lodged criminal…
Microsoft considering using Aadhaar to authenticate Skype users in India
Microsoft is considering using Aadhaar to authenticate users in India of its VoIP phone service Skype, according to a report…
Lawyers urge Antiguans to reject national fingerprint database plans
Antiguans are being urged by local, regional and international lawyers to reject government plans to make a national fingerprint database…
Antigua looks to make voters’ biometric information available to other agencies
Antigua’s government will debate a plan to implement a system for capturing, digitizing and archiving citizens’ fingerprints during the electoral…
European rights agency issues opinion on Eurodac revision
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published an opinion on the impact of proposed revisions to the Eurodac…
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