Digital ID for age verification in alcohol sales gets varied guises in Delhi, Istanbul, UK
On whether to allow digital ID for age assurance when buying alcohol, some countries say yes, some say no, and…
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Hikvision cancels 5 biometric surveillance contracts in Xinjiang
While some are steeling themselves for the second term of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump in fear of potential human…
AGs from 22 states and DC oppose Clearview’s biometric data privacy settlement
A novel settlement of a class action biometric data privacy lawsuit by Clearview AI that would give a stake in…
South Wales police try on-demand facial recognition app
Police in South Wales and Gwent will become the first police units in the UK to use mobile apps with…
US courts training plaintiffs and defendants on repurposing biometric data
A potential class action alleging biometric data privacy violations has been filed against photo storage site Photobucket. The twist is…
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro to get facial recognition-equipped intercity buses
In Brazil intercity vans circulating the state of Rio de Janeiro will be equipped with facial recognition. The first batch…
New facial recognition guidance for Australia addresses privacy in retail environments
As Australia grapples with the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in retail environments, the Office of the Australian Information…
China testing AI-powered police-ball that looks like a battle droid
The terminators and battle droids of science fiction are drawing ever closer to becoming non-fiction. In China, law enforcement agencies…
Limitations of FRT apparent in search for United Healthcare CEO’s killer
The murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan involved the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) to…
Shanghai cracks down on facial recognition use by businesses
City authorities in China are seeing the first results of its crackdown on the misuse of facial recognition systems by…
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