Can biometric wearables capitalize on worries over machine vision for COVID-19 detection?
Just as concerns and skepticism grow about systems using facial recognition as a tool to help spot fevers in a…
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Apple bid to dismiss biometric data privacy suits rejected, but 2 of 3 claims have no standing
Two out of three claims against Apple under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) have been sent back to state…
Fitness-tracker biometrics predict COVID-19 better than temps
Temperature checks, increasingly disparaged as COVID theater, can be outperformed as an illness indicator by fitness-tracker biometrics and self-reported symptoms,…
Chinese government biometric surveillance intensifying amid pandemic response
China’s use of biometrics in surveillance is continuing to increase, according to a report by Chinafile, a non-profit organization, published…
Biometric voter registration advances in Albania and Brazil, Aadhaar-based online voting coming to India
The Central Election Committee (CEC) of Albania has approved the purchase of hardware to set up a biometric voter registration…
COVID mission creep could look a lot like anti-terror surveillance expansion — report
A stiff-armed warning about COVID-19 tracing programs and apps from a U.S. political think tank will likely bolster isolationist, anti-government…
Data breach stirs new university protests about proctoring apps
A recent intrusion into a proctoring app may not have resulted in the exposure of students’ biometric data, but it…
Biometric registration for Kenya’s universal health coverage scheme underway
A process to capture the biometric data of an initial number of one million poor Kenyan citizens within the framework…
WHOOP health biometrics draw $100 million Series E financing round
Biometric fitness tracker company WHOOP announced a $100 million Series E financing round led by IVP, Yahoo! Sports reports. The…
Canadian shopping mall operator disables biometrics after data protection regulator report
Shopping mall operator Cadillac Fairview used digital information kiosks at 12 malls across Canada to surreptitiously collect and use facial…
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