Grocery Outlet stores deploy SAFR facial recognition to ID suspected shoplifters
Facial recognition systems are scanning shoppers as they enter a growing number of Grocery Outlet stores in the San Francisco…
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California quadruples access to mobile driver’s licenses
California has opened its mobile driver’s license program to millions more residents under a new law that raises the enrollment…
Most US adults support laws putting age restrictions on social media
Laws putting age limits on social media are being introduced in countries around the world, driven by pressure from parents…
App store age brackets power California age assurance law, but where’s the proof?
California’s Digital Age Assurance Act may reshape how online services handle age data, but critics argue the law stops short…
Idemia PS enables Californians to add mDLs, state ID to Samsung Wallet
Idemia Public Security North America has launched California mobile ID capability in Samsung Wallet. A release says the launch enables…
California nears vote on social media age checks amid privacy clash
Debate surrounding California’s latest age assurance law is seeing rhetoric amp up on both sides of the issue, with lawmakers…
California’s OS-based age verification law challenges open-source community
California’s new online safety bill, AB 1043 (the Digital Age Assurance Act), adopts a declared age model for operating systems….
California bill requiring age checks for social media has strong support from Newsom
California looks set to impose legal age restrictions for social media, in keeping with the global trend to regulate the…
Regulations, but not for us: US age check debate bounces around the tech stack
The so-called tech temperance movement is upon us. Biometric age assurance tools are the new seatbelts, and legislation to make…
California consumer protection tool cuts off sale of personal data at the source
California has rolled out a new statewide mechanism aimed at sharply curbing the sale and circulation of personal information by…
