Trump’s firing of FTC members puts US-EU data transfers at risks, legal experts say
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission may jeopardize trans-Atlantic personal data transfers,…
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DOGE’s influence at SSA triggers legal and congressional scrutiny
An affidavit in support of an amended complaint and motion for emergency relief to halt Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s…
Sri Lanka biometric data to be secured with hashing
Sri Lanka will secure the biometric data for its national ID system in hashed form. This one-way technology converts biometric…
Finland faces reproval over move to expand biometrics use for law enforcement
Finland’s Ministry of Interior is facing acerbic criticism from various quarters following a move to make changes to the way…
UK ICO warns biometric tools may pose privacy, compliance risks
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a two-pronged warning about using biometric technologies. They want the public to…
Missouri moves closer to a biometric privacy act
Three Missouri bills, House Bill 407, House Bill 500, and Senate Bill 554, have passed second readings as part of…
EU looks to tech sovereignty with EuroStack amid trade war
The looming trade war with the U.S. under Donald Trump is pushing Brussels’ policymakers to advocate for more tech sovereignty…
Breaches and legacy authentication methods inviting tax, business fraud risk
U.S. tax filers face an increased risk of fraud this year, in part because 640 million consumer records were breached…
The race for PKC is on with quantum chip launches by AWS, Microsoft
The topic of protecting sensitive data from quantum systems has grown dramatically in prominence in the digital identity community over…
Sri Lankan government digital transformation plans include sovereign cloud
The government is discussing with several local and foreign parties to conceptualize a government sovereign cloud and intends to engage…
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