CBP rules bar airlines from using Biometric Exit data for advertising
Airlines using facial recognition as part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency’s (CBP’s) Biometric Exit program are contractually…
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Opinions roll in on whether to ban, regulate, or hardly regulate biometric facial recognition
SenseTime CEO and Co-founder Xu Li is calling for cities to establish regulations for biometric facial recognition in response to…
Seyfarth establishes biometric privacy group to help businesses cope with patchwork of state laws
Law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP is launching a Biometrics Privacy Compliance & Litigation Group to help businesses comply with the…
Biometrics Institute launches updated Privacy Guidelines to include GDPR and AI developments
The Biometrics Institute is observing Privacy Awareness Week by updating its Privacy Guidelines to provide universal direction on biometric privacy,…
Pen testing beats iris biometric USB data storage device via backup password
Iris biometrics-secured USB flash drive eyeDisk is not “unhackable” as it is claimed to be, as UK cybersecurity firm Pen…
China considering new law to protect biometrics and other personal data
Legislators in China are drafting a new data privacy law to protect personal information, and biometric data in particular, The…
Biometrics added to Washington data breach law as New Hampshire considers limiting use
Washington legislators have passed a law to extend the state’s data breach notification law to several new types of information,…
Report says IoT proliferation and insufficient access controls exposing healthcare systems to data theft
The proliferation of IoT devices in the healthcare industry, insufficient access controls, unpartitioned networks and a reliance on legacy IT…
5G is much more than a cellular service
This is a guest post by Martin Zizi, founder and CEO of Aerendir Mobile. In March, the world’s first 5G-powered…
FaceFirst partners with Loss Prevention Foundation for biometric security and privacy training
The Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) has partnered with FaceFirst to enhance its LPQualified and LPCertified certification programs for loss prevention…
