Canada’s age assurance debate heats up around Bill S-209
Age assurance for pornographic content online is likely coming to Canada – and the debate over it has already arrived….
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Ring’s partnership with Flock raises privacy alarms
Amazon’s home-security subsidiary Ring is joining forces with Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based maker of automated license-plate readers (ALPR) and networked…
Roku should have ‘been aroused to question age of users,’ says Florida AG
Roku is facing legal trouble in Florida, where Attorney General James Uthmeier has announced that the Office of Parental Rights…
Password exposure reveals deep vulnerabilities across US government networks
A new study by password manager NordPass in partnership with cybersecurity firm NordStellar, has revealed a massive leak of government-linked…
Facial recognition turns dating apps into a new surveillance front
Websites that promise to expose cheaters are steadily erasing the last layer of privacy left in online dating. Platforms like…
Australian legislators spar with platforms, each other over age assurance laws
If there’s one thing every platform can agree on when it comes to age assurance, it’s that biometric age verification…
World to appeal Philippine order to stop collecting biometric data
Digital identity project World will appeal a cease and desist order against its developer, Tools for Humanity (TFH), issued by…
JPMorgan Chase’s new Manhattan headquarters will require biometric entry
When employees begin reporting to JPMorgan Chase’s new Manhattan headquarters later this year, they will be required to submit their…
Philippines privacy authority orders halt to World biometrics processing
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) of the Philippines has ordered Tools for Humanity to halt all data processing operations in…
NYPD turns public housing Internet program into surveillance network
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has quietly begun wiring cameras at scale in public housing into its real-time surveillance…
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