China’s guidelines for facial recognition payments stress biometric data protection
The Payment & Clearing Association of China has introduced its first guidelines for facial recognition payments, addressing user consent and…
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Santander Mexico biometric data collection initiative aims to enroll 3.7 million banking customers
Banco Santander México is collecting biometric data such as fingerprints and facial prints for client registration, and plans on registering…
Belgian Data Protection Authority warns supermarket chain Carrefour about biometric data collection
The Belgian Data Protection Authority – the former Privacy Commission – wants to open an investigation into Carrefour, accusing the…
France looks to establish legal framework to deploy biometric video surveillance
French officials are looking into a legal framework to deploy public video surveillance embedded with facial recognition technology, writes RFI….
CBP begins assessing collection of DNA samples from persons in custody
Effective this week, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began collecting DNA from any person in CBP custody who is subject…
Iris ID integrates iCAM M300 with Integrated Biometrics Sherlock fingerprint scanner
Iris ID has integrated its handheld iCAM M300 multimode platform for biometric enrollment and verification with the FBI-certified Sherlock fingerprint…
Deepfake technology to manipulate videos found in TikTok, Douyin apps
ByteDance and TikTok have quietly created Face Swap, a feature that leverages deepfake technology to let users manipulate videos by…
Afghanistan seeks India’s help to build national biometric database
Afghanistan wants to introduce an Aadhaar system similar to the Indian biometric and demographic database so it has partnered with…
Biometric privacy lawsuits make “judicial hellholes” and Facebook Supreme Court hearing top concern
The Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) of Illinois continues to make waves, with several cases winding their way through the…
U.S. Navy bans TikTok, Pentagon fears DNA home kits jeopardize national security
Privacy and national security concerns have led the U.S. Navy to ban the use of social media app TikTok on…
