Canadian shopping mall operator disables biometrics after data protection regulator report
Shopping mall operator Cadillac Fairview used digital information kiosks at 12 malls across Canada to surreptitiously collect and use facial…
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Implications of New York’s SHIELD Act on biometric privacy
This is a guest post by Jennifer J. Daniels, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal & David J. Oberly, attorneys at Blank Rome…
Government facial recognition policies updated in Canada, Sweden and China
Canada, Sweden and China have all made changes this week in their approaches to national use of face biometric technologies….
GenKey updates biometric database software to meet EU GDPR’s ‘right to be forgotten’ requirement
GenKey has released version 5.0 of its ABIS (automated biometric identification system), which now fully complies with article 17 of…
Biometric privacy suit against Clearview AI remanded to state court in blow to defense
A biometric privacy lawsuit against Clearview AI has been remanded to Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois by a federal judge,…
Well-intentioned government privacy wonks need assertive attitude to win
Data protection officials in governments around the world have met every year since 1979 to coordinate their mission to safeguard…
Privacy concerns greet adoption of facial recognition system by India’s secondary education board
India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is introducing a facial recognition system that will henceforth allow tenth and twelfth…
Video redaction software enables enhanced transparency for Ohio police department
When the Chief of Police in Oregon, Ohio came to Sergeant Jason Druckenmiller about how the force could increase transparency…
Secure remote access for administrators is possible — without VPNs
This is a guest post by Andy Smith, cybersecurity evangelist at Centrify. The prolonged stint of home working poses significant…
Biometric privacy suit targets Amazon’s COVID-19 screening
Employee COVID-19 screening measures by Amazon use biometrics without satisfying the legal requirements of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA),…
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