Lawyers hail court ruling that Taiwan’s digital ID scheme needs special laws
Taiwan’s government must go back to the drawing board to address the weaknesses in its digital identity scheme highlighted by…
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State government fixes bug exposing Aadhaar biometric records
Fingerprint biometrics submitted to India’s national ID system, Aadhaar, have been exposed by the West Bengal state government website, TechCrunch…
SIA says biometric data privacy claim against Meta ‘does not qualify’
The Security Industry Association has weighed in on a biometric privacy lawsuit that claims Meta broke the law with a…
OpenID emphasizes human-centric approach, risk reduction for govt ID implementation
As the global shift towards national digital identity systems gains momentum, the complexities and risks in their implementation grow. A…
BIPA anniversary marked with proposals for improvement, close examination
Fifteen years after its passage, the U.S. state of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act only looks more threatening to non-governmental…
Australia rethinks data privacy
Following the Attorney-General’s Privacy Act Review Report, the Albanese government has announced its proposals to protect its citizens against identity…
Does US privacy regulation trump a state’s biometrics law? Supreme Court to decide
The U.S. state of Illinois’ Supreme Court is hearing another biometric privacy case, this one brought by health care workers…
BIPA defendants take their fates out of courts; Samsung can’t avoid arbitration
For all its boilerplate bluster about winning the biometric privacy lawsuit it was defending against in the United States, face-scraper…
UK advisory firm launches AI and biometrics risk assessment tool
Wondering how to assess the risks of your artificial intelligence or biometrics system? The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation…
UK Biometrics Commissioner says data protection law could leave gaps in oversight
Outgoing UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson is warning that the country’s new data protection law could leave…
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