NZ airport face biometrics trial deployed against Privacy Commissioner advice
New Zealand’s Aviation Security Service (AvSec), a branch of the country’s Civil Aviation Authority, started trials of a new face…
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Are there already laws protecting the commercial or government analysis of people’s voices? An opinion article in The National Law…
Proposed facial recognition ban in EU doesn’t go far enough — privacy advocates
Opposition in the European Union to facial recognition surveillance is not appeased by a proposed AI law promoted as being…
EU digital identity: why getting wallets right is crucial
By Lars Rensing, CEO of Protokol Digital IDs are becoming more and more prominent in the public eye. In fact,…
Amazon unveils series of face and voice biometrics updates
Amazon has announced a series of new updates this week, focusing on the biometric capabilities of some of its hardware…
London mayor sets out plan for smart city biometrics with Emerging Technology Charter
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has published an updated Emerging Technology Charter designed to act as a set of practical and…
Developments in Indian digital ID: health accounts launch, resistance to voter link grows
India has launched its national digital health identity scheme which will create a health account for each of its 1.3…
Anonybit decentralized biometrics integrated into Abine password manager
Anonybit.io’s decentralized biometric technology has been implemented by online privacy technology provider Abine to release a password manager for its…
Can a consumer biometric wearable warn the USAF about infection?
The U.S. Air Force wants to hear about possible commercial-grade wearables that can help contain dangerous virus infections. It has…
Groups call on Mexico to abandon biometric digital ID proposal
Mexico’s proposal to establish a biometrics-backed digital ID with a centralized database should be halted due to the threat such…
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