Chamber of Commerce urges dismissal of biometric privacy suit against Facebook
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others have stepped up in support of Facebook’s attempt to have a class action…
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NIST publishes draft privacy framework
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has published a draft Privacy Framework in response to the EU’s GDPR,…
Flourishing cybercrime eased by consumer disregard for data protection
Consumers in the U.S. and UK are willing to risk using applications that collect their personal data if they see…
Senate Committee member seeks CBP and Suprema biometric data security answers
The top ranking democrat on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has separately requested information from both Customs and Border Protection…
Industry experts share business fears with Biometrics Institute
“What keeps you awake at night?” the Biometrics Institute asked a number of industry stakeholders at a recent event, and…
Biometric authentication is not solving the password problem
This is a guest post by Mickey Boodaei, CEO of Transmit Security. In the last few years, we’ve seen biometric…
Digital ID in Africa this week: International Identity Day, biometric electoral rolls on display in Ghana
The International Identity Day concept which was born of the ID4Africa movement gains significant ground as Nigeria becomes the first…
Privacy concerns raised with Vision-Box biometric cloud service for India’s Digi Yatra
The involvement of Vision-Box in India’s trials of biometrics for aviation identity checks under Digi Yatra is facing scrutiny over…
Morocco places moratorium on facial recognition, California limits police use
Morocco has placed the regulation of biometric facial recognition in the country in the hands of the National Commission for…
New airport biometrics deployments and technologies on the horizon
U.S. government biometric checks are being launched in Las Vegas and discussed in Seattle, and the industry is discussing the…
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