Maryland and Mississippi lawmakers consider biometric data protection bills
Maryland’s state legislature has introduced a biometric data privacy act, in one of several moves at the state level towards…
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Anonybit adds decentralized biometric authentication to Ping Identity partner program
Anonybit and Ping Identity have partnered to bring the former’s protection against data breaches and account takeover attacks to the…
Employees saying no to biometric timekeepers
Consumers might be the biggest class of people suffering the loss of control of their biometric data to governments and…
EU data protection supervisor warns on migrant privacy rights
The European Union’s data protection supervisor (EDPS), Wojciech Wiewiórowski, has recently revealed that European institutions and bodies often afford limited…
Congo to hire consultants for legal frameworks of digitized identity, civil register
The Republic of the Congo is on the hunt for consultants to review the country’s legal and regulatory framework for…
Efforts to increase digital ID issuance across Africa maintain steam
As digital ID adoption continues around the world, a number of countries in Africa including Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania, are…
Biometric privacy 2022 year-in-review
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney 2022 was another banner year for biometric privacy, with a…
Brazil’s biometrics-based federal services platform is a risk to rights, liberties: report
The merging of registers, including biometrics, to create a centralized database for authenticating users of Brazil’s government services platform was…
Alcatraz AI shows biometric data security commitment with ISO certifications
Alcatraz AI has announced it is now certified for a trio of standards from the International Standards Organization to bolster…
CyberLink’s face biometrics gets FIDO certified, Aware receives SOC 2
Taiwan-based facial recognition software maker CyberLink has announced that its face biometrics engine FaceMe is now certified for the FIDO…
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