Portugal orders Worldcoin to stop collecting iris biometrics for 90 days
Portugal’s data regulator, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), has imposed a 90-day suspension on Worldcoin’s biometric data…
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Worldcoin security audit shows safe biometrics handling, limited data collection
A security assessment by Trail of Bits says Worldcoin’s software for biometrics collection with its orb devices is sound from…
Meta’s not getting out of an FTC review that easily
Meta is not getting out of its latest battle with U.S. regulators trying to wall off children from biometric and…
Russian migration policy seeks biometrics from foreigners and citizens living abroad
Russia is planning to make consular registration mandatory for citizens living abroad, and to collect biometric data from foreigners entering…
Thermo Fisher will no longer sell DNA kits in Tibet
American biotech company Thermo Fisher will no longer sell its DNA identification kits and equipment in Tibet in response to…
BIPA defendant ordered to produce per-scan damages data
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney In February 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its decision…
Amentum wins $282M contract for US biometric immigration systems
A sprawling engineering and integration firm has been awarded its second big U.S. immigration biometrics contract in three months. Both…
UN’s counter-terrorist travel biometrics poses human rights risk: Special Rapporteur
The United Nations’ travel surveillance system, which collects biometric data to track down terrorists, should be paused and “urgently reviewed,”…
More than consent needed for legal biometric data use: Spanish regulator
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has published a guide outlining how biometric data should be used for access control,…
Indian police await gear to collect more biometrics for criminal identification
Indian police are nearly ready to expand their biometrics collection at more than a thousand build Measurement Collection Units (MCU)…
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