BIPA lawsuit against United quashed and new suits filed as harm criteria is clarified
A potential class action suit filed by a former employee of United Airlines under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)…
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Claro deploying BIO-key biometric software for employee login
Claro, an América Móvil company with operations in Peru, has selected BIO-key to secure employee access to customer data at…
More calls to investigate facial recognition technology
A group of U.S. legislators have called on the Government Accountability Office to examine and evaluate commercial and law enforcement…
Indian government committee proposes draft Data Protection Act and recommends changes to Aadhaar
The Srikrishna Committee has issued a draft proposal for India’s Data Protection Act, along with a report outlining its recommendations…
More than 60 percent think sharing biometrics puts identity information at risk
More than three out of five consumers think that providing fingerprint or iris information with companies puts their personal identity…
Critics charge Scottish Biometrics Commissioner will lack scope, enforcement power
Public interest advocates have criticized the Scottish government’s plans to create a Biometrics Commissioner, saying the position would hold less…
UIDAI reviews Biometric Lock Aadhaar function as legal decision looms
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) reviewed the Biometric Lock function of the Aadhaar system in a series of…
Scotland launches public consultation on biometrics code of practice
The Scottish Government has launched public consultation to collect input into the creation of a code of practice to be…
Minister says Aadhaar could withstand a billion hack attempts, as UIDAI clarifies audit rules
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has opened up Aadhaar auditing to allow banks and telecommunications providers to use…
Privacy groups urge Illinois Supreme Court to rule for plaintiff definition of harm in BIPA suit
A coalition of privacy advocacy groups have filed an amici curiae brief urging the Illinois Supreme Court to rule that…
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