India’s data protection bill passes lower house of Parliament, raises privacy concerns
India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Bill of 2023 passed in the lower house of Parliament and will now face the…
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TikTok’s owner broke fed, state privacy laws with consumer video tool, lawsuit alleges
ByteDance faces a proposed class action for privacy practices in the U.S. that allegedly violate federal and state laws. According…
Israel issues draft guidelines on biometric data collection in the workplace
Israel’s privacy watchdog has published a draft document outlining guidelines and rules organizations and businesses should keep in mind when…
Vendor claims 3-year ROI on retail facial recognition deployment
Amid a worrying rise in retail crime, retailers are adopting facial biometrics as a preventive measure. A case study from…
Still dealing with leak fallout, NADRA officials resist investigations
There appears to be no central government policy in Pakistan for how to handle a catastrophic divulging and selling of…
Privacy group challenges Ryanair’s use of facial recognition
Digital rights group NOYB has filed a complaint against Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers. The complaint alleges that…
Most UK, US execs already on-board for biometrics, about 15% have no adoption plans
A survey by law firm Womble Bond Dickinson indicates that six out of 10 companies in the United Kingdom and…
Worldcoin cryptocurrency drives digital ID enrollment despite ‘potential privacy nightmare’
After launching its cryptocurrency on Monday, Worldcoin users across the world have been lining up to get their irises scanned…
Amazon settles suit over retention of kids’ voice data
The U.S. Department of Justice says Amazon will pay a comparatively modest civil penalty for allegedly violating multiple laws and…
Insurance liability under Illinois’ biometric data privacy law gets another look
Insurers are on the hook to defend separate defendants accused breaking the U.S. state of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act….
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