Dutch watchdog has doubts about centralizing passport biometrics data
Proposals for central biometric databases, especially government databases, are popular with anyone fed up with maddeningly fragmented identity system standard…
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Tamil Nadu engages private firm to collect biometrics from homeless without contract
The personal data and biometrics of thousands of desperately poor people in India’s Tamil Nadu state, some waiting 20 years…
One of four US biometric privacy cases clearly protect a defendant
Court action in the U.S. state of Illinois continues to chip away at the definition of what constitutes a viable…
First-ever biometric code of practice now active in Scotland
The Code of Practice (CoP) governing the use of biometric data including DNA in criminal justice in Scotland is now…
Biometric customer verification could allow less storage of ID data, Telstra argues
Telstra believes that implementing biometrics as a way to verify customer identities on an ongoing basis would allow it to…
Blurring a face on YouTube can violate BIPA – new lawsuit
A new biometric privacy lawsuit against Google argues that its venerable video-sharing platform YouTube stores images of people’s faces even…
ROC biometrics integrated with Anonybit for privacy-secured enterprise solution
Anonybit has integrated Rank One Computing’s face matching SDK with its Privacy-by-Design architecture to maximize biometric accuracy and privacy protection…
Beyond BIPA: Mitigating biometric data legal risks under Texas and Washington biometrics laws
By David J. Oberly and Nicole D. Brenner* Maybe your company is considering using retina scans for employee building access….
Vietnam wants more control of foreign companies’ customer biometric data
Foreign technology firms, including social media platforms, who are doing business in Vietnam have 13 months to store the data…
First ever government biometrics code moves toward approval in Scotland
According to a report out of Scotland, that northern reach of the United Kingdom is finalizing its biometric code of…
