Poor encryption exposes biometric database of 4.5 million Israeli citizens
The private information of some 4.5 million Israeli citizens, including biometric facial features, stored in the Transportation Ministry database for…
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Firms expand African biometrics coverage, COVID-19 aid raises data protection concerns
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across Africa, public and private reactions also continue to develop. Noticeable this week…
Illinois courts continue to refine biometric data privacy law details, vendors may be liable, TikTok sued
A defendant in a court battle over alleged violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is asking a Seventh…
Hacking biometrics and device IDs together is possible and dangerous: research
New research indicates that it is possible to secretly build rich profiles of people in highly connected homes and other…
Service for biometric data transfer to centralized Russian system launched and self-enrollment planned
Rostelecom’s cloud-based Unified Biometrics System (UBS) will soon be adopted by 50 Russian banks, NIA Nizhny Novgorod reports. The UBS…
Infinity Optics launches white paper to explain biometric hash technology and privacy protection
Infinity Optics has published a white paper to explain the intricacies of its QuantumCrypt biometric hash technology, including how it…
Law firms weigh in on privacy rules for biometrics for online work and school, temperature screening
While school and business interactions have flooded the internet as societies adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic, regulations protecting biometric data…
Privacy as a human right gets lip service. A report shows a different path
A report out of Harvard University warns that global society naively seems to expect artificial intelligence to grow benignly, on…
Smart Engines’ AI document checking secures client ID for remote lending, insurance platform
Microcredit lending company Macro, brand company of Moneza and part of Twino Group, has partnered with Smart Engines to integrate…
UK Biometrics Commissioner discusses digital technology use in public coronavirus tracking
The use of symptom tracking, contact tracing applications, and digital immunity certificates to monitor and contain COVID-19 do not fall…
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