Indian central bank publishes criteria for participation in regulatory sandbox
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published the “fit and proper” criteria it will use to select biometrics companies…
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Facebook biometric privacy lawsuit to proceed as class action after denied appeal
Facebook has been denied a motion to prevent a suit filed under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act from proceeding as…
Microsoft contractor reveals Skype human annotation of user conversations
Microsoft contractors working on Skype’s translation function have been discovered to be listening to recordings of user conversations, in the…
EU officials confirm UK authorities illegally copied biometric and other data from Schengen system
European Union officials have indirectly confirmed that UK authorities violated an information-sharing deal with the EU by sharing the contents…
Australian government reintroduces bill for facial biometric services as tech’s uses expand
Australia’s government has brought the identity matching services bill back to parliament for a second attempt to set up biometric…
ImageWare launches anti-spoofing for facial recognition and submits for iBeta testing
ImageWare Systems has launched a new intelligent anti-spoofing system for its biometric facial recognition to enable businesses to increase the…
Biometric travel and reducing algorithmic bias among projects chosen for UK ICO sandbox
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has selected 10 projects from among 64 applications for using public sector data for…
UN rapporteur concerned with biometrics and private data in Irish public services system
Ireland’s public services card (PSC) could become a highly detailed centralized database of intimate personal information, and a potential big…
Facial biometrics’ law enforcement potential debated around the world
As facial recognition becomes more commonly used, controversies and calls for limitations continue around the world. Both sides of recent…
Apple contractors hear private moments while investigating accidental Siri activations
Inadvertent and mistaken activation of Siri on Apple devices has led to contract workers who review recordings being sent audio…
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