Authentication startup in France closes €2M seed round for US expansion
French biometric authentication startup ShareID has closed a €2 million (US$2.14 million) seed round of funding led by a French-American…
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France probes Thales subsidiary over past ID deals in Africa
A subsidiary of Thales – Thales Digital Identity and Security (Thales DIS) — known as Gemalto before the acquisition in…
French Senators okay AI surveillance bill excluding facial recognition for 2024 Olympics
AI video surveillance technology will be used for incident detection during the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, but not facial…
No facial recognition at 2024 Olympics, French privacy watchdog tells parliament
The French parliament has been urged not to consider deploying facial recognition at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics event by…
French MPs prefer specific law on facial recognition for 2024 Olympics
French senators were set to vote last Wednesday January 18 to endorse a government plan to deploy algorithmic facial recognition…
Facial recognition ruled out for 2024 Olympics and Paralympics by French Ministry of Sport
France’s Ministry of Sport confirmed that the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris will not make use of facial…
Clearview denies jurisdiction of French regulator in response to €20M fine
French data regulator CNIL has fined Clearview AI 20 million euros, saying the company did not address the formal notice…
Biometrics use by law enforcement criticized in three European countries
Europe continues to wrestle with privacy issues around the collection of sensitive biometric data by law enforcement. In France, Norway,…
Turkey to print Hungarian, French biometric passports
Turkey’s Interior Minister, Süleyman Soylu, has disclosed that the country has reached deals with Hungary and France to print their…
French parliament approves €20M project for biometric health card
The French parliament (Assemblée Nationale) has voted for a new €20 million (roughly US$20.4 million) project 242-95 to establish a…
