Israel shows what biometric data control looks like during war
An Israeli technology news feed is reporting a massive change in who can use civilian and private biometric data in…
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Avalanche of privacy legislation for US states tightening biometrics rules
The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has released its 2023 State Privacy Landscape Report, reviewing the most recent legislative…
Indian police await gear to collect more biometrics for criminal identification
Indian police are nearly ready to expand their biometrics collection at more than a thousand build Measurement Collection Units (MCU)…
Amazon loses dismissal bid in BIPA case, could face many more plaintiffs
A 2019 biometric privacy lawsuit in the U.S. against Amazon has just gotten more significant. A U.S. district judge last…
Key takeaways from recent BIPA biometric technology vendor decision
Despite the lack of a direct relationship with end users of their technology—making compliance obligations such as providing notice and…
Thermo Fisher DNA identifiers at issue in call for new China sanctions
A special U.S. Congressional commission is urging the departments of Commerce, State and Treasury to restrict the export of DNA…
Swedish privacy watchdog opposes police proposal to use passport biometrics
Sweden’s law enforcement agencies are pushing to increase the use of biometrics in their work after a spew of gang-related…
Narrow UK biometric data privacy win for Clearview
A United Kingdom tribunal has agreed with online face photo-scraper Clearview AI that a regulator was off the leash in…
Another US state mulls consumer right to sue with biometric data privacy legislation
Biometric consent legislation is being considered by lawmakers in the rural U.S. state of Maine. A pair of bills, neither…
Heartbeat accuracy for biometric verification shows promise and limitations
A recent study published in Scientific Reports examines a new method of biometric verification called CompaRR, that records beat-to-beat information…
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