China considering new law to protect biometrics and other personal data
Legislators in China are drafting a new data privacy law to protect personal information, and biometric data in particular, The…
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Biometrics added to Washington data breach law as New Hampshire considers limiting use
Washington legislators have passed a law to extend the state’s data breach notification law to several new types of information,…
Report says IoT proliferation and insufficient access controls exposing healthcare systems to data theft
The proliferation of IoT devices in the healthcare industry, insufficient access controls, unpartitioned networks and a reliance on legacy IT…
5G is much more than a cellular service
This is a guest post by Martin Zizi, founder and CEO of Aerendir Mobile. In March, the world’s first 5G-powered…
FaceFirst partners with Loss Prevention Foundation for biometric security and privacy training
The Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) has partnered with FaceFirst to enhance its LPQualified and LPCertified certification programs for loss prevention…
Politico reports lax Irish GDPR enforcement protects Facebook use of facial biometrics
There have been 1,928 complaints of data privacy violations in Ireland in the first year of GDPR, but no enforcement…
Proposed Washington State facial recognition and data privacy law stalls in House
A proposed data privacy bill supported by Microsoft has Washington State’s failed to reach a vote in the lower house…
Illinois biometric privacy lawsuits against employers continue as proposed amendment stalls
Numerous biometric data privacy infringement cases continue to wind their ways through U.S. state courts, and are unlikely to stop…
San Francisco police rally opposition to proposed law mostly banning public facial biometrics
A committee of San Francisco’s board of supervisors heard a proposal to ban facial recognition technology from the city this…
Round Table of African Data Protection Authorities to launch at ID4Africa
ID4Africa will launch the Round Table of African Data Protection Authorities (RADPA) as a side meeting at the movement’s annual…
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