Controversial Indian health records reach 140M registrations, 96 percent linked to Aadhaar
The controversial scheme to give everyone an India a Unique Health ID (UHID) has continued apace with 140 million people…
Privacy International
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World foundational digital identity systems under review by Privacy International
Privacy International has begun a series of investigations into the technologies behind foundational digital identity systems in place around the world….
Calls against use of live facial recognition tech in Britain grow, Parliament petitioned
The use of Live Facial Recognition Technology (LFRT) by police and private companies in parts of the United Kingdom, as…
Identity experts challenge the notion of new digital ID systems
What do we want from digital ID? And is it the solution for problems faced by societies across the world?…
Police surveillance, biometric data collection threatening right to protest
Police surveillance is threatening people’s right to protest according to Privacy International as it publishes a practical guide to reducing…
‘Looming dangers’ of biometrics collection under guise of counterterrorism studied
A series of global events have led to the growing and untransparent use of biometrics collection under the pretext of…
Abbondanza! Clearview, opponents throw more spaghetti to see what sticks
Privacy International is collaborating on a series of complaints filed against Clearview AI with data protection regulators in France, Austria,…
Senegal’s biometric database easing deportation of its nationals from EU territory
A national biometric database system in Senegal is now helping European Union (EU) member states to effect forced removals of…
Secret biometric ‘migrant database’ in UK has privacy advocates uneasy
A UK publication alleges that a unit in the national government has built a secret biometrics database with information on…
Rights group says there’s no transparency in face biometrics use by Brazilian government
Human rights activists are concerned that a data-processing agency in Brazil’s federal government is not adequately protecting against anti-transgender bias…
