Researchers urge protection of athletes’ biometric data amid legal uncertainty
The increasing tracking and use of athletes’ biometric data, combined with growing interest in the data for a range of…
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US military integrates biometrics-enabled watchlist with DoD ABIS
Current DoD biometric initiatives, including the expansion of DoD’s Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) were outlined at a recent online…
The watch is on for the next wave of US biometric data privacy lawsuits
Despite the wave of litigation alleging procedural violations of biometric data privacy rules, or perhaps because of it, other states…
DHS abandons proposed expansion of immigration biometrics collection
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially withdrawn its proposal to drastically expand biometrics collection from immigrants and others,…
Oura raises $100M, Sencure $1.8M in busy biometric wearables market
Oura secures the headline figure, but Sencure has also raised funding to develop its wearable biometrics for health monitoring, as…
Halt ordered in biometric scans for US work-visa spouses
U.S. immigration officials this month will suspend requiring the collection of face and fingerprint biometrics from the spouses of some…
Analysis says proposed Eurodac children’s biometrics collection carries legal risks
Proposed amendments to the Eurodac biometric system, which would make official the lower minimum age for biometrics collection and add…
Clearview says biometric privacy injunction unconstitutional, could force its closure
Clearview AI says in a motion filed to oppose a plaintiff’s motion for injunctive relief in its biometric data privacy…
The East plays a COVID shell game with biometric surveillance
Again, governments around the world are trivializing personal privacy as they build increasingly intrusive biometric surveillance networks. Officials in Hong…
Report weights transparency and privacy of biometrics for Yemen humanitarian aid
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is in a critical state, and further deteriorating says PRIO in a new Policy Brief….
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