Ireland’s national payments strategy focuses on digital ID and future payment tools
Ireland’s Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers, launched the National Payments Strategy, which is shaped as a forward-looking plan aimed at…
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Those wronged by facial recognition join rights groups in calling for police ban
There is a small but growing lobby made up of people who have been wrongly arrested as a result of…
Age assurance legislation proves contentious and confusing to advocates
Efforts by governments around the anglosphere to put age assurance barriers between children and age-restricted content are not sufficiently targeted…
Rights commission concerned about proposed facial recognition bill for Irish police
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has stated that the legislation regarding the proposed implementation of facial recognition…
Bank of Ireland to introduce voice biometrics to authentication for phone interactions
Bank of Ireland announced it will invest more than €34 million (roughly US$36 million) to upgrade its phone and CRM…
Facial recognition by UK law enforcement raising concerns for privacy watchdogs
The London Metropolitan police’s use of facial recognition for what it calls “precision policing” based on “bespoke” watchlists has resulted…
Report released by Justice Committee on An Garda Síochána facial recognition bill
In Ireland, the Justice Committee released a pre-legislative scrutiny report on the Facial Recognition Technology Bill that would determine how…
Irish cops budget €2.1M for body cams trial
The Irish Gardaí are preparing a small-scale trial of body cameras, backed by retrospective facial recognition, prior to full deployment….
Ireland to hear from stakeholders on police facial recognition bill
Ireland’s Joint Committee on Justice will meet in a pair of sessions today to scrutinize the draft Garda Síochána (Recording…
Ireland shows how police can ignore biometric privacy concerns and promises
Those who see face surveillance by law enforcement as a danger to civil rights keep hoping that their warnings will…
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