We will never know exactly how effective digital health passes were: Ada Lovelace report
Measures like contact tracing apps and digital vaccine certificates were rolled out without a clear idea of what would constitute…
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Group says doc shows Irish benefits card data collection and transparency issues known
A privacy agency in the Irish government has collected face scans from 3.2 million residents over 10 years without telling…
EU rights agency says impact of large biometric systems ‘partly unknown’
Europe has had a difficult 2022: The war in Ukraine has brought a flood of refugees to the European Union…
Student biometrics to be integrated into UAE population registry
Phase 2 of the ‘Closer to You’ initiative was recently launched by the UAE Ministry of Education and the Federal…
Microsoft to pay $20M fine for collecting kids’ biometrics on Xbox
Microsoft has been fined $20 million over allegations by U.S. regulators that they collected biometrics and other personal data from…
Kuwait opens more fingerprint capture centers as database plans progress
More than 100,000 persons are said to have had their fingerprints scanned since Kuwait began a process to identify everyone…
UN experts call for ‘urgent’ regulation of biometric surveillance
Biometric surveillance systems and other emerging AI-based technologies are increasingly being used “in sensitive contexts,” without individuals’ knowledge or consent,…
Kuwait to collect biometric data of everyone entering the country
Kuwait intends to set up a biometric fingerprint database for everyone who lives in the country over the age of…
US FTC posts 6-point biometrics policy to protect consumers
United States federal regulators have put businesses on notice about the sins of commission and omission that mostly likely spark…
Breakthrough made in DNA capture; France still top EU collector of genetic profiles
United States researchers have demonstrated that they can capture human genetic data, including medical and ancestry information, from tiny fragments…
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