Digital IDs for refugees sound good, but what good could they really do?
Cynics expect the worst in human endeavors, while anyone involved in a refugee crisis has witnessed the worst of human…
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Attorneys provide eight tips to ensure compliance with Texas’ biometric privacy law
Texas’ Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI) is a lesser-known cousin of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, but…
Lawsuit alleges biometric privacy violations from face recognition algorithm training
Allegations that the Ever cloud photo service violated Illinois’ stringent biometric data privacy regulations have made Paravision the latest biometrics…
Nigeria’s Youverify granted two ISO certifications to ensure biometric data protection
Nigerian technology company Youverify, which deals with biometric identity verification and other digital identity solutions, has secured two key certifications…
Nothing is secret: Moving beyond passwords to strengthen account security
This is a guest post by Stephen Ritter, CTO at Mitek King of Queens might not be the first place…
Consumers? Engineers? Policy makers? Who should make data privacy more rational?
Insurance. The industry that profits by selling an expensive service only to charge more once a buyer uses the service,…
Madagascar gets $143M World Bank boost to improve its digital ID management system
The island African nation of Madagascar is set to ameliorate its digital identity management system as well as digitize some…
National ambitions = dodgy AI policy and deployment?
An annual report by a consulting firm to world governments uncovers an interesting pattern when it comes to the responsible…
UK Biometrics Forensics Ethics Group to advise Home Office on data protection and policing initiatives
The UK’s Biometric Forensics Ethics Group (BEFG) has its marching orders for the upcoming year, which include organizing working groups…
Challenging biometrics use in 4 not-at-all-easy steps
Acknowledging history is running against anyone opposing national biometric identity systems, a partisan privacy nonprofit has published a sizable guide…
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