Sopra Steria under fire for EU border biometric system vulnerabilities
An audit by the European Data Protection Supervisor last year identified thousands of “high” severity cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the tool…
European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
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EU Data Protection Board adopts age assurance statement with guiding principles
With age check legislation coming to the fore of discussions about online safety, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has…
EU watchdog rules airport biometrics must be passenger-controlled to comply with GDPR
The use of facial recognition to streamline air passenger’s travel journeys only complies with Europe’s data protection regulations in certain…
European Parliament to trial fingerprint biometric attendance in line with EDPS opinions
The European Parliament will be upgrading its attendance system to use badge scanning and voluntary fingerprint biometrics, according to a…
EU watchdog: Europol’s plan for migrant biometric data raises ‘serious questions’
A European data watchdog is scrutinizing a proposal to enhance Europol’s cooperation with Frontex and other agencies that would boost…
EU data watchdog publishes guidelines on facial recognition in policing
As the debates over the AI Act heats up, the European Union’s data protection watchdog has published its final set…
‘Consent is not almighty’: tracking facial recognition in Europe and why it gets blocked
How facial recognition is used for authorization purposes is the topic of the third of MAPFRE’s six-part ‘Mapping the Use…
New guidelines for calculating GDPR fines in the EU for data privacy violations
As the fines for data privacy violations mount, some clarity into how they are levied is being introduced. Enforceable since…
Facial recognition in Europe: what’s happening and how can people be protected?
Two new reports aim to establish the status quo of the use of facial recognition in Europe in public places…
Biometric data must be processed with ‘European values’: EDPS opinion on Data Act
Clarity is needed to ensure special types of highly sensitive data such as biometrics and health information are fully protected…
