Proposed change to Aadhaar authentication rule raises data privacy issues
A move by the government of India to amend the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (GG) Rules, 2020, is attracting…
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Government of India proposes Aadhaar authentication for businesses
The Government of India has recently released a draft notification proposing “voluntary” use of Aadhaar one-time passcode (OTP) or biometric…
Scottish opposition presses to expand biometrics commissioner oversight role
All forms of biometric data collection and processing – whether by public or private organizations – should come under the…
US State officials call for stronger biometric data security from federal regulator
A new bipartisan coalition of US officials is calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt stronger surveillance and…
FTC considers looking into commercial use of online biometric surveillance
Almost all discussion in the United States about facial recognition systems centers on government use and, more pointedly, on police…
Facial recognition: The tool of despair and hope
By Neil Sahota (萨冠军), an IBM Master Inventor, UN AI advisor, and Professor at UC Irvine Every year, about 250,000…
Shifting differences among businesses on proposed federal data privacy bill
In a quick two-step, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reportedly softened its approach to a federal data privacy bill after…
PimEyes owner insists on ‘ethical use’ of facial recognition search site
Giorgi Gobronidze, the owner of PimEyes, a face search website that uses an artificial intelligence-based facial recognition system to find…
UK age verification: digital ID initiatives announced and updated
The private sector is continuing to experiment with age verification, in some cases proven through biometrics and digital ID. Yoti’s…
U.S. gov’t gets an earful on biometric data policy. It’s not the first earful….
Another day, another unambiguous message to government officials and business executives about biometric data — hands off. Individuals should govern…
