Shifting differences among businesses on proposed federal data privacy bill
In a quick two-step, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reportedly softened its approach to a federal data privacy bill after…
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Do not waste recent gains on digital ID, techUK report urges government
Progress finally made by the UK Government to establish a functional digital identity system to support the digital economy needs…
Potential for ‘DNA paparazzi’ poses questions about biometric privacy, property rights
Two U.S. law professors writing in The Conversation say the current laws and jurisprudence around privacy and property are insufficient…
How far did ID.me stray in reacting to Covid identity verification contract?
Will ID.me’s U.S. Government business be the next casualty of the pandemic? According to investigative reporting by news publisher Business…
Ruling over liability of biometric time clock vendor in Illinois approaches
Hotel chain Hyatt says that its biometric workforce management technology provider Kronos should pay a portion of the $1.1 million…
Real-time facial recognition surveillance planned in Ireland, moratorium demanded
New legislation is expected to open the door to the use of facial recognition within a range of surveillance technologies…
Future fears and demands in Europe: the people want digital identity, but with guardrails
Europeans understand some of the benefits and general inevitability of digital identity, but want control over their own data, rights…
Google’s down $100M, BIPA plaintiffs see a fraction, lawyers will swim in the money
A biometric-privacy class action boasting a number of superlatives in Illinois is finally drawing to a close. A court administrator…
Differences between planned US biometric privacy laws still few but big
U.S. lawmakers again are working on legislation that would create the nation’s first biometric privacy rules. And the gap between…
A biometric data privacy win in court is followed by a related FTC investigation and lawsuit
Executives at facial recognition firm Clarifai may have sighed with relief in March 2021 when a judge agreed that they…
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