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Can UK’s proposed age checks for social media work without biometrics?

Social media companies and “tech giants” may voluntarily make age verification compulsory via physical credentials to prevent children encountering harmful…

 

US judge rules biometric processing of public data not protected by First Amendment

An Illinois state court has rejected Clearview AI’s motion to dismiss a biometric data privacy suit against it on grounds…

 

UK to veer away from GDPR in hope of global data-based opportunities

The UK plans to move away from the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which it adopted before Brexit, with…

 

NtechLab supplies facial recognition for Indian Railways, but privacy legislation still pending

NtechLab is implementing a facial recognition surveillance project in India intended to monitor the movement of train commuters, but civil…

 

Analyzing BIPA’s newest class action trend: Targeting the use of voice-powered technologies

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For the better part of 2020, class action lawsuits filed…

 

Urgent call to erase biometric, digital ID databases in Afghanistan

Biometric and digital identity projects created to foster inclusion and security in Afghanistan may now lead to the very opposite,…

 

Facebook joins ID2020, fined $5.5M for facial recognition violations by South Korea

Facebook is the latest company to join ID2020 to contribute to its efforts pioneering user-managed, privacy-protecting digital ID. According to a…

 

Kantara lays out trust-building recommendations for mDLs

A global digital ID association has published steps vendors and others need to take in order to build effective mobile…

 

Records request finds U.S. states mild about Apple mobile driver’s licenses

In an example of just how charmed Apple is with its own genius, its executives decided the United States wanted…

 

‘Narrow opportunity’ to use biometrics for fair COVID global vaccination programming

“An effective vaccination program will falter if we don’t invest in the information infrastructure for vaccine delivery in developed and…

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