Data collection during COVID-19 normalized surveillance, says civil liberties organization
The COVID-19 pandemic spread more than just viral infection, with trends in surveillance presenting new concerns about personal data risk…
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Serbian rights group warns of implications in biometric surveillance act
The nonprofit Share Foundation has published a new position paper warning against the biometric surveillance implications of a draft law…
Microsoft can’t squeak out of BIPA case but could a university?
With most personal injury lawsuits, the central questions are what did a party know and what should a party have…
New Zealand Commissioner considers establishing biometrics code of practice
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster has announced he is considering the creation of a code of practice for biometrics….
Russian Orthodox Church warns against mandatory biometric data collection
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has called upon the State Duma speaker to prevent the discrimination of people…
EU makes next move on EU-US data flow by finding agreement adequate
The European Commission has published its draft adequacy decision for data protection in EU-U.S. data flows, including specific safeguards for…
Proposed AI Act amendments would add biometric data to ‘high-risk’ criteria
A tenth set of amendments to the EU AI Act have been proposed by the co-rapporteurs of the European Parliament,…
A proposal for responsible deepfakes
A small academic and corporate team of researchers say they have created a way to preserve the biometric privacy of…
One of four US biometric privacy cases clearly protect a defendant
Court action in the U.S. state of Illinois continues to chip away at the definition of what constitutes a viable…
Patent registered for heart rhythms as biometric ID; researchers work on security
Japanese researchers say they have registered for a United States patent on using electrocardiogram waveforms as a biometric identifier, but…
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