More than consent needed for legal biometric data use: Spanish regulator
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has published a guide outlining how biometric data should be used for access control,…
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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)…
Worldcoin is at it again. But at what? Biometrics player switching from stablecoin
Rare is the move made by Worldcoin Foundation or its founder Sam Altman that does not leave a non-zero percentage…
Dominican Republic vows to collect biometrics at border as Haitians cry foul
The plan by Dominican Republic to implement a biometric data collection system at the country’s western border with Haiti will…
SIA says biometric data privacy claim against Meta ‘does not qualify’
The Security Industry Association has weighed in on a biometric privacy lawsuit that claims Meta broke the law with a…
DNA collections, analysis find US government fans of all stripes
For whatever reason, state collection of DNA – a biometric identifier – does not stir the U.S. public, at least,…
Data privacy law is in effect in Quebec and businesses are confused about what it means
With the second phase of Quebec’s Law 25 in effect as of September 22, a new survey says there is…
US DHS awards $407M immigration biometrics contract to Amentum
A $407 million, five-year U.S. government contract has been awarded to Amentum. Part of the contract, from the Citizenship and…
US border agency seeks comment on how to handle biometrics of Ukrainians fleeing war
The federal U.S. border agency wants to collect information on how it can effectively extend the collection of biometrics through…
With X’s big decision to use biometrics comes a desire for better privacy policies
Executives at X (Twitter) say subscribers can volunteer undefined biometrics, but the data will not be taken by X without…
