Illinois heads off accrual precedent for biometric data privacy damages
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been officially amended, with Governor J.B. Pritzker signing the changes into law on…
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US science foundation to award $23M for ‘privacy-preserving’ tech
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has begun soliciting proposals from “qualified researchers and multidisciplinary teams” on the practical deployment…
Russian govt working to popularize biometrics in domestic market
The Russian government is making significant efforts to popularize biometric technologies in the country, despite a low trust level to…
China releases draft case for national digital ID, raising fears of tighter social control
China is planning the launch of a national digital ID, and in a sense it is surprising that it has…
Transforming biometric security: ZeroBiometrics ditches templates for good
An innovation in biometrics and cryptography that delivers secure and privacy-preserving authentication without storing any sensitive data is ready for…
Google settles over kids biometric data collection in schools
Google and the parents of an Illinois girl who sued (H.K. et al. v. Google LLC) the tech giant in…
Meta’s $1.4B settlement in Texas biometric data privacy lawsuit approved
Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to settle the lawsuit against it for using…
Nigeria election agency wants robust protection for biometric voter database
The Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) is seeking firmer collaboration with the country’s data protection commission to enhance…
Korean regulators plan formal framework for biometrics as use cases expand
The scope of biometric technologies is often boiled down to facial recognition and ID verification. But in Korea, as biometric…
UK school reprimanded by ICO for using facial recognition without DPIA
A school in Chelmsford, Essex, has been reprimanded by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for the unlawful implementation of facial…
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