NEC Corporation of America gains ISO/IEC 27001 compliance
NEC Corporation of America, a subsidiary of NEC, has acquired ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation from independent certification body NQA for the…
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Biometric data privacy claims against USPS, American Airlines rejected
A lawsuit alleging the United States Postal Service (USPS) violated the E-Government act with the use of face biometrics by…
Evidence of Taliban attempting biometric searches leaves data access unclear
The fall of Afghanistan back under Taliban control caused worries, among many others, that biometric data and the hardware to…
Sri Lanka seals deal with India for national digital ID support, opposition MP concerned
The implementation of Sri Lanka’s Unique Digital Identity program, dubbed SL-UDI, is set to advance with grant assistance expected from…
Indian law proposed to allow biometric data collection on arrest or detention
The Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament, has recently passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 which…
Jamaica electoral body denies selling biometric data for online authentication service
Accusations of improper digital ID and biometric data sharing have been leveled against the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) after…
New state privacy laws will force companies to rethink data collection practices
By Michael Young and Nick Schmidt of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP New state privacy laws in California, Virginia, and…
Court orders suspension of facial recognition use in São Paulo metro
A court in São Paulo has called for a halt in the implementation of a facial recognition system in the…
EU lawmaker highlights law enforcement benefits of AI applications, face biometrics
European Parliament lawmaker Svenja Hahn called for the establishment of a “positive approach” to rules for artificial intelligence applications, including…
Interpretations of interpretations hope to clarify UK CCTV, biometric surveillance
The UK’s data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), released new guidance last month in an attempt to clarify the…
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