NYPD faces lawsuit for not revealing info about facial recognition program
Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy and Technology (CPT) is suing the NYPD for allegedly failing to reveal information about its…
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Illinois biometrics privacy law could be adopted by other states
Several states across the nation are looking to adopt Illinois’ biometrics privacy law as more organizations deploy biometric technology in…
Gigya survey finds that 42% of consumers have poor password habits
Gigya has published a new study entitled “2017 State of Consumer Privacy and Trust survey”, revealing that many people have…
Privacy group wants Australia to appoint a biometrics commissioner
The Australian Attorney General’s Department is planning to add up to 12 million passport photographs to its Face Verification Service…
Experts say constitutional protection for passwords doesn’t apply to biometric security measures
The face recognition security feature for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 will not have the same legal protection of a…
FBI researchers match CT scan data with patient photos
According to a study conducted by researchers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), facial images obtained from publicly available…
Privacy concerns raised over facial recognition technology in New York City
A recent New York Daily News opinion-editorial article by Clare Garvie and Alvaro Bedoya of the Center on Privacy &…
Biometrics in security: protecting sensitive PII and the sanctity of user identity
This is a guest post by David D. Dunlap, Co-Founder and Senior VP of Corporate Planning, StoneLock Our personal identity…
Digital Rights Movement petitions against Israeli biometric database law
The Digital Rights Movement petitioned against the recently passed Biometric Database Law, declaring to the High Court of Justice that…
UK government’s position on facial biometrics database hit with liberal backlash
The UK government’s decision to allow police to store the facial biometric images of millions of innocent people on a…
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