NtechLab supplies facial recognition for Indian Railways, but privacy legislation still pending
NtechLab is implementing a facial recognition surveillance project in India intended to monitor the movement of train commuters, but civil…
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EU studies ethics of biometrics in public spaces at request of parliamentary committees
A new study commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs analyzing the ethical and…
‘Siri Speech Study’ app to improve Apple speech recognition
Apple launched a new iOS app this month, ‘Siri Speech Study’, designed to collect speech data and improve the speech…
India’s COVID vaccination management system ‘issued over 110M unique health IDs’
India’s biometrics-backed COVID vaccination management system, CoWIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network) has issued 110,542,794 unique health IDs (UHIDs) as part…
Concerns over Taliban accessing aid agency biometric data
People in Afghanistan are fearful of the Taliban accessing personal information captured and stored by aid agencies including biometric data…
Education and science group: Proctoring industry should straighten up
A prominent computing society has issued guidelines — although not standards — for the remote-test industry, including in schools. The…
Apple studies integrating biometric health sensors in AirPods
Apple’s Machine Learning Research team has published a paper, spotted by Patently Apple, that hints at the integration of biometric…
TikTok draws the ire of senators for collecting biometrics
Not so fast, a pair of U.S. Senators are telling TikTok executives. The video-first social media service has begun collecting…
China, of all nations, now a leader in private biometric curbs. But for how long?
With a decision handed down late last month, China’s Supreme People’s Court appears to have put the autocratic nation ahead…
Informed consent key to compliant retail facial recognition deployments
While it becomes increasingly popular for retailers to implement facial recognition technology for anti-theft purposes, one case in Spain has…
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