South Korean face biometrics data-sharing scandal gets worse
The South Korean Ministry of Justice is providing millions of illegally-acquired facial images to private companies to enable them to…
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Backlash mounts over UK govt failure to implement age verification for online porn
The delay by No. 10 Downing St. to implement Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017, which provides for…
Public surveillance biometrics in Europe could be crushed between the EDPS and AI Act
The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) held an ‘Artificial Intelligence Act Workshop’ to inform members about the impact the proposed…
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….
Grindr accused of heavy-handed biometric data requests
Grindr seems to have gotten itself into one of the few positions that even its most flexible subscribers have not…
Privacy and security – can we future proof biometrics?
By Alfred Chan, CEO of Infinity Optics News of privacy and data breaches are capturing headlines every day. Biometric templates…
No facial recognition for South Australia Police on planned CCTV network until law updated
Adelaide City Council passed a motion aimed at preventing South Australia Police (SAPOL) from using facial recognition via a CCTV…
OnlyFans sued over biometric data privacy allegations
In its attempts to keep its platform free of underage pornography, OnlyFans has run afoul of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy…
Oosto backs call for scraped biometrics deletion; Clearview fires back
An industry dust-up has broken out over the appropriate composition of biometric reference databases for law enforcement applications, with Oosto endorsing…
Rights groups demand halt to South Korea facial recognition surveillance project
A project intended to develop an artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition system to be used for airport immigration purposes, spearheaded by…
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