Groups call on Mexico to abandon biometric digital ID proposal
Mexico’s proposal to establish a biometrics-backed digital ID with a centralized database should be halted due to the threat such…
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Facial recognition surveillance worldwide: Mexico steps forward, Israel and EU step back and the US to the side
One of the leads for amending the European Parliament’s Artificial Intelligence Act intends to tighten biometric surveillance in the bloc…
Digital health passes worldwide: progress, setbacks and still a void in the US
Authorities around the world are rushing to provide ways their citizens can prove their COVID-19 status both at home and…
Supreme Court suspends Mexico’s biometric registry law
The Supreme Court of Mexico has granted a request to temporarily suspend a law requiring telecoms companies to collect biometric…
BBVA Mexico claims first contactless biometric payment card from Visa issued in Latin America
BBVA Mexico is launching a pair of new payment card offerings in collaboration with Visa, one of which features fingerprint…
Mexico’s Supreme Court to hear case against biometric data collection requirement
Reuters is reporting that a new law passed in Mexico requiring telcos to collect customer biometric data is being challenged…
Judge blocks Mexico’s biometric cell phone registry requirement
A planned biometric registry of mobile phone users in Mexico has been partially blocked by a judge, who says it…
Biometric privacy preferences in Mexico strained by crime-fighting campaign
In an effort to crack down on an ongoing epidemic of kidnappings in Mexico, that nation’s congress approved the gathering…
Commission approves Mexico’s biometric cell phone register proposal
The Communications and Transportation Commission of the Senate of the Republic in Mexico has approved the proposal to create a…
Digital ID coming to Finland, Germany, and Mexico
Finland, Germany, and Mexico are each continuing to digitize their population management to join the growing global movement towards having…
