Advocacy groups slam closed-door negotiations with big tech on Washington State privacy bill
The American Civil Liberties Union has come out swinging against the influence of big tech as Washington State lawmakers amended…
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Jamaica’s Constitutional Court strikes down national biometric system
The Constitutional Court of Jamaica has struck down the country’s mandatory biometric National Identification and Registration Act and the National…
EU Commissioner warns Malta public facial recognition plan may not meet legal requirements
European Commissioner for Justice Vera Jourova has written that a planned deployment of a Safe City CCTV network with biometric…
Appellate court rules biometrics collection alone establishes harm as Washington considers following BIPA
The Illinois State Supreme Court’s ruling that harm is established under the regulation by procedural violations in the use of…
Committee recommends Australia set up biometric data security oversight body
Australia’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement has recommended that the government to set up an oversight body for biometric…
CNIL sets rules for biometric employee time and attendance systems in France
France’s Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) has published regulations for companies using employee’s biometrics, requiring the use…
StrongKey authentication server certified for FIDO2 passwordless transactions
StrongKey has announced that its open-source FIDO2 server has been certified for FIDO2 interoperability by the FIDO Alliance, assuring StrongKey…
UK age verification requirement for porn sites delayed again amid privacy concerns
A system to restrict access to pornography online in the UK to individuals who have been verified as being of…
Report highlights potential impact of biometric technology on trust and democracy
The political and economic significance of biometrics are being changed by the potential for sharing biometric data between web servers…
Civil rights groups say CBP ignored them and skipped public feedback for Biometric Entry/Exit
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to apply the Biometric Entry and Exit system to all international flights in…
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