Digital ID part of social contract between govt, citizens: World Bank, Verizon chiefs
The President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga, and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon, Hans Vestberg,…
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Texas’ online age verification law upheld on appeal
Imposing age verification for access to pornography does not violate the First Amendment, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Yeo Messaging debuts Continuous Facial Recognition SDK for privacy protection
Yeo Messaging debuted its patented continuous facial recognition SDK at the Barcelona Mobile World Conference (MWC) that took place at…
Working to remove barriers to digital ID adoption
By Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity Strategist at the Open Identity Exchange Digital ID ecosystems are developing and evolving rapidly, but adoption continues to…
South Korea privacy regulator to investigate Worldcoin’s biometrics handling
Another government is raising an eyebrow at Worldcoin’s iris biometrics bonanza. The Republic of Korea’s Personal Information Protection Committee (PIPC)…
Religious dictators of Iran covet DNA identifiers of journalists — report
The Iranian government reportedly has a plan to create a biometric database collected from journalists. A news publisher that bills…
Israel: Bosses can only collect biometrics if they heed worker privacy
Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority has published a small set of rules for employers using biometric scans to identify employees. Unlike…
BNSF Rail’s biometric data privacy case a pen stroke away from being history
Only a judge’s signature remains to settle one of the more storied biometric privacy lawsuits in the United States. A…
New executive order from Biden on rules for vouchsafing personal data
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order calling for more action to protect people’s data privacy….
UK ICO issues warning on biometric employee tracking, guidance for businesses
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned community and fitness center operator Serco Leisure that facial recognition and fingerprint…
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