UK age verification sector urges ICO not to follow European porn regulation
The Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) has warned the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK data protection regulator, not to follow…
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Blurring a face on YouTube can violate BIPA – new lawsuit
A new biometric privacy lawsuit against Google argues that its venerable video-sharing platform YouTube stores images of people’s faces even…
New age-appropriate site design code awaits signature of California governor
Following in the footsteps of UK legislators, pols in the U.S. state of California have unanimously approved a bill that…
Two ways to not protect biometric data demonstrated by world’s most populous countries
Several civil society groups in India are highly concerned about the spread of facial recognition and other surveillance technologies in…
What private data? New camera only sees what it’s told to look for
Researchers say they have devised a camera that can take pictures of target objects and nothing else in the frame….
Berbix, restaurant chains and Microsoft can’t free themselves from BIPA cases
Another month, another batch of new BIPA lawsuits and court developments for the biometrics and privacy communities to pore over….
Biometric payments win for convenience and security, privacy concerns remain: Mastercard
New research published by Mastercard on Thursday as part of its second annual New Payments Index (NPI) sheds light on…
Clearview patent on method for scaling biometric training dataset gets US notice of allowance
A patent for a method of biometric algorithm training filed by Clearview AI is on its way to being granted,…
Estonia’s AI Govstack to help other countries digitalize, offer virtual admin assistant
Estonia has one of the most advanced digital identity schemes in the world, allowing its citizens to access government services…
Snap settles case for $35M as BIPA trips up Amazon and adult entertainment purveyors
Snap (parent of Snapchat) has agreed to settle a biometric data privacy complaint with a class of Illinois users for…
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