Kronos wins reduction of biometric data privacy suit scope amid shifting legal landscape
Biometrics vendors have notched another victory in the tsunami of lawsuits filed under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), as…
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Biometric card progress, facial recognition regulation and revenues top identity news of the week
A step in the commercialization of biometric payment cards is the most-read story on Biometric Update this week, with the…
Restrictions on biometrics by New Jersey agencies, police banned under proposed legislation
A bill introduced this week in the New Jersey State Senate would ban New Jersey government agencies, law enforcement, and…
More legislation to restrict biometric facial recognition introduced as protesters scan faces
A coincidence, perhaps? In Washington, D.C. last week, on the same day Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Mike Lee’s (R-Utah)…
Portland and Denver consider bans on municipal agency use of facial recognition
Portland’s data governance workgroup has published a draft of an ordinance which would prohibit local government agencies from using biometric…
AWS sued under Illinois biometric privacy rules for providing third-party storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the latest biometrics vendor to be targeted by potential class action litigation under Illinois’ biometric…
Automotive biometrics and new facial recognition projects top most read identity news this week
Biometric facial recognition deployments for event security at the Olympics, law enforcement around the world, secure area access control and…
Scottish Justice Secretary talks ethics, calls biometrics bill “narrow”
As Scotland is looking into new legislation for the role of biometrics commissioner, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf believes the use…
Biometrics vendors named in Illinois privacy lawsuits
Biometrics vendors serving customers in Illinois should be aware that suits targeting time-and-attendance system suppliers are the latest flavor of…
IBIA combats rhetoric in comments on proposed Massachusetts facial recognition ban
The root concern with facial recognition among privacy advocates and the general public is with surveillance, rather than the technology…
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