Facial recognition critics consider the options in OBVIA webinar
The current legal landscape throughout North America and Europe is inadequate to deal with the risks to public rights created…
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Biometrics could soon be subject to more data protection, AI regulations in Canada
Canada’s government is planning to bring forward legislation on consumer privacy and the protection of personal data which could have…
US digital identity legislation author to deliver closing keynote of ID2020 Summit Sessions
The author of the Improving Digital Identity Act of 2020, Congressman Bill Foster, will deliver the closing keynote of ID2020’s…
ID2020 webinar – A Conversation with Congressman Bill Foster
ID2020 webinar – A Conversation with Congressman Bill Foster Online November 19, 2020, 10:00am PT The ID2020 “Summit Sessions” Webinar…
Pace of EU live biometric surveillance regulation prompts Reclaim Your Face movement
Dozens of allied European civil society groups, incredulous that few of the continent’s governments have, in their eyes, been able…
Apple bid to dismiss biometric data privacy suits rejected, but 2 of 3 claims have no standing
Two out of three claims against Apple under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) have been sent back to state…
Round 2 in California’s fight against data privacy confusion has not gone well
California’s successful Proposition 24, bolstering that state’s first-in-the-nation data privacy law, could be another trailblazing policy from the Golden State….
Chinese government biometric surveillance intensifying amid pandemic response
China’s use of biometrics in surveillance is continuing to increase, according to a report by Chinafile, a non-profit organization, published…
Russia introduces bill to extend scope of biometric data collection for crime suspects
A bill has been tabled in the lower house (State Duma) of Russia’s federal assembly aimed at making it possible…
Facial recognition ban for local police with private right of action passes in Portland, Maine
A ballot initiative to ban face biometrics use by local police and agencies in Portland, Maine, and provide a right…
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