Evident ID mobile app with Acuant selfie biometrics to help businesses, stadiums and cities reopen
Evident ID has released a SaaS platform and mobile application with facial biometrics from Acuant for identity verification to assist…
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EU civil society group calls for ban on public surveillance biometrics as privacy authorities issue warnings
European Digital Rights (EDRi) has published a paper demanding the European Commission and EU Member States institute a ban on…
Google data privacy suit alleging violations from voice AI training partially dismissed
A data privacy lawsuit against Google over the speech recognition processes used by its voice assistant services has been partially…
CRS asks, who is ‘watching the watchers’ in analysis of proposed privacy protection bills
In recent months, members of Congress have introduced four consumer privacy bills and circulated discussion drafts of two additional proposals,…
Legal experts warn of uncertainty and inconsistency in biometric and health-tracking technology rules
Biometric technologies are being rolled out to support health risk evaluations from a distance as people return to work, but…
U.S. senators, states want to know about edtech biometrics use
In just weeks, edtech has gone from being a university recruitment perk in the minds of parents and their high…
UK biometrics watchdog raises surveillance risks; Yoti outlines alternative immunity passport
A pair of UK authorities have staked out positions on the increasing use of biometrics, with one making recommendations for…
Biometric privacy claims ruled sufficient for federal court standing in BIPA vending machine suit
A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that an invasion of privacy rights under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is…
No revolution for biometric face-scanning regulations in China
An analysis of China’s regulatory posture finds “tentative progress” has been made in protecting some biometric data captured by government…
Biometric time and attendance systems restricted by European data protection rules, Dutch authority issues fine
Biometric time and attendance tracking of employees through a fingerprint-based system has been ruled illegal in Germany unless exceptional circumstances…
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