Delete one person’s biometric records, German Data Protection Authority orders Clearview AI
Clearview AI will delete an individual from its biometrics database after the Hamburg Data Protection Authority declared the biometric profiles of…
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Council of Europe warns against biometrics-based emotion recognition
Face biometrics should not be used to implement evaluations of employees based on emotion recognition, The Council of Europe has…
Ant Group plans to divest EyeVerify biometrics in 2021, spooked by US restrictions
Digital service provider Ant Group is selling biometric security firm EyeVerify, also known as Zoloz, amid U.S. privacy concerns regarding…
Global biometric data collection and surveillance grow despite lack of regulations
Research firm Comparitech has released the results of its latest study on global biometrics gathering and handling. It ranks 96…
Is data privacy a priority for DHS? Policy compliance looks an afterthought — watchdog report
A fairly damning report by a federal watchdog agency puts in doubt the lip service given by Department of Homeland…
India says biometrics-backed CoWIN vaccine app will only track relevant vaccine data
India’s biometrics-backed coronavirus vaccine application, CoWIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network), will comply with the government’s forthcoming Data Protection and Privacy…
Police face and fingerprint biometrics programs meet backlash in India
Two cities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are introducing separate biometric crime-fighting technologies that are causing serious concerns…
Taiwan digital ID delayed until privacy regulation passes
Taiwan’s government has pulled out of a NT$4.8 billion (roughly US$171 million) digital identity (eID) card trial in Hsinchu City,…
Webtool changes headshots just enough to trick face biometrics scrapers
Researchers say they have created software that protects social media posters from unwanted biometric surveillance. The evasion tool, called LowKey,…
Progress on government biometrics programs for elections, forensics and borders mixed
From elections to pandemic aid, and from police forensics to border control, government biometric and digital ID programs are the…
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