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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Amazon defends Ring data sharing practices to US Senator, leaves voice biometrics door open
Amazon has shared video footage from Ring door devices with police 11 times this year through an emergency-request process that…
Match.com wants FTC court proceedings over users’ biometric data privacy kept quiet
Online dating company Match Group wants the court proceedings in an investigation being carried out by the U.S. Federal Trade…
Russian pols OK bill to make banks share client biometrics with government
A bill that requires banks to share clients’ biometric data with the state has been adopted by lawmakers of Russia’s…
The US wants access to EU biometric police files — report
A report out of Germany says the United States wants direct access to the police biometrics databases of European Union…
Five Eyes border security group outline data sharing strategy, biometrics
A partnership between the border security agencies of Five Eyes members –- the U.S., the UK, Canada, Australia, and New…
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…
Heavy-handed Russian government still can’t easily pull off a massive biometric program
Moscow’s campaign to get its finger in as many biometrics pies as possible is intensifying, if not exactly gaining momentum….
France pushes EU Council to formalize extension of police biometrics data-sharing network
The French presidency has prompted the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council to formally approve a new version of…
Israeli agency unlawfully shared biometric data of citizens for 7 years, report reveals
A report authored by Roy Friedman, head of the Biometrics Applications Unit of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, has disclosed that…
