Facial biometrics specifically addressed in proposed Washington State data protection bill
A bill proposed in Washington’s state legislature would require companies using facial recognition software to obtain consent from consumers before…
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Possibility of Chinese facial biometrics systems in Brazilian CCTV network raises concerns
The government of Brazil has introduced a bill to permit the installation of a network of security cameras with integrated…
Australian commission to review biometric time and attendance impact on privacy
Australia’s Fair Work Commission will hear an appeal by a Queensland sawmill employee claiming his dismissal for refusing to participate…
Amazon shareholder proposal requests civil rights review before selling facial recognition tech
A shareholder proposal organized by corporate activist non-profit Open MIC asks that Amazon halt its sales of facial recognition technology…
One in four Americans support strict government limits on facial recognition
Roughly one in four Americans (26 percent) are in favor of strict government-imposed limits on the use of facial recognition,…
Google biometric privacy suit dismissed for lack of injury
A lawsuit against Google under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been dismissed for failing to meet the “concrete…
Cybersecurity predictions for 2019
As a digital technology, biometrics are almost always bound up in some way with cybersecurity. With that in mind, Biometric…
EFF urges appeals court to side with plaintiff interpretation of harm in Facebook biometric privacy suit
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging a U.S. appellate court to reject Facebook’s interpretation of the harm criteria of…
Hosting Israel’s National Biometric Database backup in commercial data center violates law: report
Israel’s National Biometric Database Authority has broken the law by hosting its backup in commercial database space owned and operated…
AI Now Institute calls for regulation of facial recognition and compares affect recognition to phrenology
Days after the latest call from Microsoft for regulation of facial recognition, The AI Now Institute has published its third…
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