Nepal government’s roll-out plan for national biometric ID cards criticized
The decision by the Nepal government to expand the distribution of biometric national identity cards throughout the country is drawing…
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G+D VP suggests banks take charge of digital identity ecosystem
Banks have the confidence of consumers, data, regulatory experience and expertise take a dominant position in the digital identity ecosystem…
Dueling Washington State facial recognition bills spark regulation debate
Microsoft is lobbying against a bill with bipartisan support in the Washington State legislature that would ban the use of…
Samsung flagship smartphone biometric components first certified by FIDO Alliance program
The in-display fingerprint system in Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ smartphones is the first product to be certified by the…
State gas company leaks millions of Aadhaar numbers in second breach
A state-owned gas company in India has exposed the personal information of an estimated 6.8 million people to Google searches,…
UK oversight bodies probe government data set ethics and biometric strategy
The UK government’s Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) has been tasked with providing independent oversight of the Home Office’s…
Security researcher finds facial recognition company left database exposed online without authentication
Dutch security researcher Victor Gevers with the GDI Foundation discovered this week that a Chinese facial recognition company left its…
Biometric data protection bill introduced in Massachusetts
In late January four Massachusetts state senators introduced a bill that would require companies to refrain from collecting personal and…
Academics blast “legal vacuum” around facial biometrics use by British police
The use of facial recognition by police in Britain are a costly use of public funds that should be subject…
FIMA’s electronic document, records management system mostly in compliance
A recent Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessment on FEMA’s Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration’s (FIMA) Electronic Document and…
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