New York landlords and police uses of facial recognition challenged
A bill has been introduced in New York State Senate to block landlords from deploying biometric facial recognition systems on…
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Seyfarth establishes biometric privacy group to help businesses cope with patchwork of state laws
Law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP is launching a Biometrics Privacy Compliance & Litigation Group to help businesses comply with the…
San Francisco passes ban on police and city use of public facial biometrics
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors approved a ban on public biometric facial recognition use by police and other city departments…
Biometrics Institute launches updated Privacy Guidelines to include GDPR and AI developments
The Biometrics Institute is observing Privacy Awareness Week by updating its Privacy Guidelines to provide universal direction on biometric privacy,…
Oakland considers banning public facial recognition use as San Francisco police amendments accepted
Oakland may not be far behind San Francisco in banning facial biometrics use by city departments, GovTech reports. The Oakland…
Data collection practices of voice and facial biometrics companies criticized
A pair of biometrics providers are drawing criticism for their data collection practices, and the secrecy with which they are…
Proposed California Anti-Eavesdropping bill to limit smart speaker data storage and annotation
Legislation under consideration in California would require companies to obtain written consent before storing or sharing data collected by smart…
China considering new law to protect biometrics and other personal data
Legislators in China are drafting a new data privacy law to protect personal information, and biometric data in particular, The…
Commission rules Australian worker unfairly dismissed for refusing to use biometric system
Australia’s Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ruled that a worker fired for refusing to use a biometric time and attendance…
“Biggest ever deletion of biometric IDs from a state-held database” to be carried out by UK tax authority
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled the collection of voice biometric data from roughly five million people by…
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