Swedish data protection authority issues first fine for biometrics use under GDPR
Sweden’s data protection authority has issued a penalty of SEK 200,000 (US$20,650) to a school which used biometric facial recognition…
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New anonymization solution from D-ID blocks facial biometrics with fake faces
D-ID has introduced a new Smart Anonymization offering to remove facial features used for biometrics as well as other personally…
Biometric privacy law proposal to be revived in Florida as states press ahead
A bill to impose privacy rules on corporate biometric systems, including a private right of action against companies that violate…
FIDO2 makes the Internet more secure, but not everyone is convinced
This is a guest post by Aman Khanna, VP of Products at ThumbSignIn With the continued rise of data breaches,…
Suprema issues statement on biometric records exposure
Suprema has responded to the recent cybersecurity incident in which unencrypted biometric records from the BioStar 2 access control system…
Utah to consider bill blocking police from forcing biometrics to unlock phone
A bill is being prepared for Utah’s state legislature to prevent police from compelling suspects to unlock their smartphones with…
Homomorphic encryption standards group could help secure cloud biometrics
The security of many cloud biometrics systems could soon be significantly enhanced, as a group of nearly 100 members of…
Fujitsu RunMyProcess integrates ImageWare biometric authentication for IoT security
Digital business platform Fujitsu RunMyProcess has selected ImageWare Systems’ IoT DNA Security to provide biometric authentication for its DigitalSuite process…
Telia demonstrates 5G network with facial biometric payments to ice cream truck
Telecom Telia has demonstrated the power of its Finnish 5G network, installed by Nokia, by using biometric facial recognition for…
Millions of unencrypted biometric fingerprint and face records exposed to web; Suprema responds
Internet privacy researchers have found a huge database of publicly exposed, unencrypted biometric fingerprint and facial images from thousands of…
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