‘Pandemic drone’ tests to monitor for Covid-19 infections ends quickly due to privacy concerns
Testing by Westport, Connecticut of a drone to collect biometric readings has been abruptly canceled due to outrage over perceived…
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Ring denies considering adding object, license plate and facial recognition to home security system
Ring has responded to a report on a confidential survey sent to beta testers and shared with Ars Technica, denying…
Privacy as a human right gets lip service. A report shows a different path
A report out of Harvard University warns that global society naively seems to expect artificial intelligence to grow benignly, on…
Plaintiff in Clearview AI biometric privacy lawsuit says breach proves data must be deleted
The plaintiff in a biometric privacy lawsuit against Clearview AI says a recent breach of internal company files, apps and…
UK Biometrics Commissioner discusses digital technology use in public coronavirus tracking
The use of symptom tracking, contact tracing applications, and digital immunity certificates to monitor and contain COVID-19 do not fall…
How biometrics are driving efficiency in modern policing
This is a guest post by Steve Warne, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Citizen Identity with HID Global. Modern-day police forces…
Australian students fear exam platform threatens biometric data privacy
Students from Australia’s University of Queensland fear their biometric data and privacy could be at risk due to a third-party…
Frost & Sullivan sees transformative potential in biometrics for future of privacy and cybersecurity
Biometrics, blockchain and AI are among the technologies that could transform privacy and cybersecurity, according to Frost & Sullivan. A…
Nomidio launches cloud biometrics service with key-splitting to enable self-sovereign identity
Nomidio has launched a service it calls a PII (personally identifiable information) Cloud, with an Identity-as-a-Service offering which leverages biometrics…
Liechtenstein to provide citizens with biometric bracelets to contain coronavirus
Liechtenstein has introduced a tech program to provide biometric bracelets for its citizens to monitor COVID-19 in real-time and keep…
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