EU pushes AI Act deadlines for high-risk systems, including biometrics
The EU has reached a provisional agreement on changes to the AI Act that postpone rules on high-risk AI systems,…
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Louisiana bill would bring biometric age checks to bars
Louisiana state Sen. Beth Mizell has introduced legislation, SB 499, that would create a new biometric age verification system for…
Will Scotland be the first nation to pass primary legislation covering live FRT?
The Scottish privacy commissioner continues to express consternation over the potential use of live facial recognition by Police Scotland. Meanwhile,…
New York proposes biometric checks for sports betting apps
New York officials are considering new sports betting safeguards that could require biometric confirmation from users before they place online…
UK lawmakers prepare for contentious national digital ID, police biometrics bills
Digital ID is one of 12 priority area for the UK government that may merit a place in the traditional…
South Africa gazettes digital ID draft regulation, seeks comments
South Africans have up to June 6 to submit comments on draft amendments to the country’s Identification Act of 1997…
US lawmakers move to restrict AI chatbots used by kids
A bipartisan pair of House and Senate bills would impose new federal restrictions on AI chatbots, including a ban on…
Utah age assurance law for VPN users takes effect this week
Privacy advocates and virtual private network (VPN) providers are up in arms over Utah’s Senate Bill 73 (SB 73), “Online…
US bill would require warrants for digital surveillance, biometric searches
A House bill introduced by Reps. Thomas Massie and Lauren Boebert would impose a broad warrant requirement on government searches…
AI regulation set to become US midterm battleground
The fight over AI regulation in Congress is becoming less a conventional technology policy debate than a struggle over who…
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