NY state Assembly Member wants moratorium on biometric technology in grade schools
In the upcoming legislative session, New York state Assembly Member Monica Wallace wants to focus all 2020 efforts on a…
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Half of Brits OK with police using DNA supplied for ancestry analysis for crime investigations
More than half of British adults (55%) believe DNA databases collected by private companies to analyze ancestry should be used…
CES 2020 demos to show consumer biometrics growth and new applications
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 seems likely to feature more biometric technologies and applications than ever before, as the cutting-edge…
Belgian Data Protection Authority includes biometric security in strategic plan
Fearing online privacy is at risk, the Data Protection Authority in Belgium wants to bring cultural change and turn privacy…
Biometric privacy lawsuits make “judicial hellholes” and Facebook Supreme Court hearing top concern
The Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) of Illinois continues to make waves, with several cases winding their way through the…
2019 Security Guide reviews Apple biometrics and encryption technology upgrades
Apple has published its guide to security efforts it has made in biometrics, encryption and data protection, apps, service, and…
Survey shows Chinese citizens fear biometric data leaks, deepfakes
Almost four out of five people in China (79 percent) fear biometric facial recognition data leaks and 65 percent are…
Indian government withdraws Aadhaar social media monitoring tender as brokerages await eKYC clarity
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has withdrawn a tender for monitoring social media chatter about Aadhaar and help…
How Trulioo plans to help verify hundreds of millions of West Africans
Canadian identity verification firm Trulioo is extending its coverage to Ghana and Nigeria, allowing businesses to establish the identity of…
Non-profit legal firm argues Supreme Court should throw out biometric privacy suit against Facebook
The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) has filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the body to…
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