Facial biometrics ban in Boston for local government use, flouted best practices cause concern
The dynamics of the biometric facial recognition market may be shifting, as failures by police to follow best practices for…
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GDPR successfully meets data privacy objectives, UK’s reopen plan lacks data protection guidance
Two years after it came into effect, 69 percent of Europe’s residents aged 16 and over are familiar with GDPR…
Google seeks dismissal of face biometric privacy suits and accuses firms of ‘forumshopping’
Google has alleged in court filings that two law firms have brought duplicate cases against the company under Illinois’ Biometric…
Legislation would block police from using facial recognition with body cam footage
The newly introduced Stop Biometric Surveillance by Law Enforcement Act would ban federal law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition…
AWS and Pindrop named in voice biometric data privacy lawsuit as cases test liability limits
Plaintiffs in a biometric data privacy suit say Amazon Web Services’ call center operations fall under the jurisdiction of state…
Google argues for biometric privacy suit dismissal based on photo and interstate commerce exemptions
Google is planning to show that Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) does not apply to data taken from photographs,…
Biometric privacy suit alleges Onfido violated Illinois’ informed consent rules
Onfido is the latest biometrics company to be hit with a potential class-action suit under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act…
Amnesty pushes for ban on facial recognition use for mass surveillance by police, government
Amnesty International is supporting the Algorithmic Justice League, the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation in their fight against biometric facial recognition technology use for…
EU regulators warns facial recognition in law enforcement, commercial settings may be illegal
The European Data Protection Board is worried about the legality of the use of biometric services such as Clearview AI…
Maryland law prohibits face-scanning during job interviews without consent
Beginning October 1, it will be illegal for a company to use biometric facial recognition during the process of interviewing…
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