New executive order from Biden on rules for vouchsafing personal data
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order calling for more action to protect people’s data privacy….
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Carelessness puts consumers and banks at risk in the UK
A vendor-funded survey of UK adults finds many of them are cavalier about ID verification online. One-third, in fact know…
Survey sees US consumer confidence fall for biometrics
Unease with business use of biometrics data appears to be settling in for U.S. consumers. Marketing statistics published by GetApp,…
Italian data regulator not standing for privacy violations by city or company
Italy’s data protection agency, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, is taking issue with uses of AI and…
Size is beginning to matter a lot to Meta in data privacy court cases
Every company that’s ever been sued has had to decide what outcome is too painful for the owners to bear…
Privacy group says data protections by US states differ greatly
Looking at the rising number of biometric privacy bills being floated by U.S. states, some civil liberties advocates are concerned…
UK university to investigate AI in policing
The UK police have been ramping up the use of facial recognition, biometric data and artificial intelligence with plans to…
Tesla settles privacy case while Amazon and Facebook are frozen in place with theirs
Of three recent turns in U.S. biometric privacy lawsuits, only one, a settlement, has much to do with privacy itself….
EU watchdog: Europol’s plan for migrant biometric data raises ‘serious questions’
A European data watchdog is scrutinizing a proposal to enhance Europol’s cooperation with Frontex and other agencies that would boost…
US states keep whacking at biometric privacy laws
This year could be a big one for state-level biometric privacy legislation in the U.S. Illinois’ landmark BIPA could be…
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