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If or when the internet transitions into the Metaverse — something Facebook is already working towards — the amount of…
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The biometric law of the jungle: It’s always open season on data-gazelles for data-lions
Is there a difference between what Clearview AI has done by scraping social media photos to be used for commercial gain…
Persona launches Workflows to ease digital identity automation, customization
Persona has introduced an orchestration tool to help businesses architect effective automated digital identity processes, which CEO Rick Song tells Biometric…
China court interpretation to limit use of facial recognition
The deployment of facial recognition in China looks set to change after the Supreme People’s Court issued a judicial ruling…
Jail for biometric data privacy violations in Baltimore? More class actions settled for millions
There is nothing to say that the United States has to have a coherent set of standards for the use…
Shufti Pro CEO testifies in support of Improving Digital Identity Act at Congressional Hearing
Shufti Pro CEO Victor Fredung explained the need for a unified framework for digital identity in the United States due to…
Global biometric surveillance developments draw regional concerns
Biometric surveillance is facing resistance globally. It is doubtless less successful than opponents would like but the resistance cannot be…
UN finds storing biometric data on Mauritius ID cards violates privacy
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has found that the legislation which Mauritius passed in 2013 for its biometric smart…
The gamification of biometric surveillance (Not as fun as it sounds)
If everything can be gamified, then life battling blanket facial recognition should be a hoot, though on second thought, “a…
Biometric privacy rules come to NYC
America’s latest biometric privacy law went into effect in New York City on July 9. While state laws have largely…
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