New US state law narrows its privacy targets for children online
The U.S. state of Florida is next to pass legislation giving people more control over their information, including biometric data….
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Biometrics and digital ID raise policy questions; Simprints and Yoti have answers
As debates over digital IDs and biometric data privacy become more heated, identity solutions companies are hoping to bring more…
Sovrin highlights the risks of commingling data in digital identity guardianship
Sovrin has outlined some of the risks involved at the intersection of Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) and guardianship, highlighting potential…
Legal wrangling over legal wrangling in 3 US biometric privacy cases
Three U.S. biometric privacy court cases are in the news, although they are about how to handle the cases, not…
Agency to engage new Nigerian govt on passage of delayed data protection bill
An unnamed official of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has a told local daily Punch that the agency is planning…
EU data watchdog publishes guidelines on facial recognition in policing
As the debates over the AI Act heats up, the European Union’s data protection watchdog has published its final set…
GDPR 5 years on: Spain, Ireland lead in issuing fines; Meta hit hardest
Five years ago – May 12, 2018, in fact – the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Commission fined a domestic bank…
São Paulo to proceed with citywide facial recognition program
A mass deployment of facial recognition cameras is coming to São Paulo. The Court of Justice overturned a legal suspension…
Caribbean countries agree to pursue cross border digital ID efforts
Leaders of eleven countries of the Caribbean have put pen to paper on an agreement which spells out a number…
Opposition gathers but biometric privacy laws grow
Forces for and against biometric information protection laws in the United States remain stalemated in a position that favors proponents…
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