ID document stakeholders call for digital identity standards as Mastercard and Samsung team up
Mastercard and Samsung Electronics are collaborating to develop a way for digital identity to be conveniently and securely verified on…
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Microsoft VP calls for U.S. to align privacy laws with GDPR
May 25 is the first anniversary of the EU’s GDPR taking effect, and in its first year, 18 million people…
CBP rules bar airlines from using Biometric Exit data for advertising
Airlines using facial recognition as part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency’s (CBP’s) Biometric Exit program are contractually…
Opinions roll in on whether to ban, regulate, or hardly regulate biometric facial recognition
SenseTime CEO and Co-founder Xu Li is calling for cities to establish regulations for biometric facial recognition in response to…
Seyfarth establishes biometric privacy group to help businesses cope with patchwork of state laws
Law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP is launching a Biometrics Privacy Compliance & Litigation Group to help businesses comply with the…
Biometrics Institute launches updated Privacy Guidelines to include GDPR and AI developments
The Biometrics Institute is observing Privacy Awareness Week by updating its Privacy Guidelines to provide universal direction on biometric privacy,…
Pen testing beats iris biometric USB data storage device via backup password
Iris biometrics-secured USB flash drive eyeDisk is not “unhackable” as it is claimed to be, as UK cybersecurity firm Pen…
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…
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…
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