US Congresspeople really, really want a vote on a national data privacy standard
The United States is close enough to mid-term elections to read the fine print of polling rules. It is so…
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Decentralized digital ID suite Oliu launched by ATB Ventures for Canadian enterprises
ATB Ventures has launched its suite of digital identity software products for enterprises in Canada, consisting of the Oliu platform,…
Restrictions on police use of facial recognition proposed in US Congress
There is more legislative action in the U.S. on facial recognition technology, as four members of Congress yesterday introduced the…
Digital ID advances drive Denmark to top of competitiveness ranking
The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) has released the 2022 edition of its World Digital Competitiveness Ranking report, with…
Damages in Google’s biometric data privacy settlement half of per-person estimate
Members of the class in a $100 million settlement of a biometric data privacy lawsuit against Google will receive less…
Criticism of Liberia’s biometric voter registration contract rumored to irk Chinese embassy
The latest twist in an ongoing saga over the contract to support Liberia’s biometric voter registry is a complaint from…
Trust Stamp launches privacy-centric biometric solution for government customers
Trust Stamp has launched a new solution for privacy-protecting government-focused digital identity that makes use of the company’s irreversibly transformed…
US creeps towards digital ID legislation as election looms
The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has voted to advance the Improving Digital Identity Act, moving one…
Biometrics use by law enforcement criticized in three European countries
Europe continues to wrestle with privacy issues around the collection of sensitive biometric data by law enforcement. In France, Norway,…
Private medical record photos spotted in biometrics training dataset
Medical record photos are private — but that may not stop them from showing up in datasets used to train…
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