US ‘signs deal to receive UK police biometrics,’ pressures EU countries to follow suit
The UK government has agreed to share records from its police biometrics database with U.S. border guards as part of…
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Researcher cautions African govts against biometric surveillance without proper legislation
African governments must press on with efforts to put in place robust data protection regulations if they continue to deploy…
Post GDPR ‘Global Britain’ to be built by restricting data protection rights, recourse
A new bill has been introduced to the UK parliament which proposes significant changes to data protection, biometrics, law enforcement,…
UK data regulator ICO sets out plan to be recognized and used by public and business
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data regulator, has launched a plan to become better known and better used…
Biometrics providers face up to misconceptions, reputational harms and transparency barriers
Biometrics’ growth and maturation comes with reassessments and growing pains, as seen in the top headlines of the week on…
Trust Stamp gets US patent notice of allowance for biometric tokenization
Trust Stamp has received a notice of allowance for a U.S. patent on technology for improving the privacy protection of…
Greek regulator fines Clearview €20M and orders biometric data deleted
Clearview AI has been fined €20 million ($20.1 million) by a second data regulator in Europe for violating several articles…
Biometrics Institute members say linked databases threaten public trust
The main public concern around biometrics is that linked databases could lead to mass surveillance, more than 70 percent of…
Parties seek clarity in biometric data privacy lawsuits’ scope
A series of court cases over alleged violations of biometric data privacy are gradually increasing clarity on the scope of…
Tension between Brazil’s digital ID system and rules slowing progress
A new report published by Cambridge University Press highlights data protection and justice concerns related to Brazil’s national digital ID….
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