Raft of new legal headaches from biometrics use for three consumer product companies
Amazon, Meta/Facebook and, improbably, Proctor & Gamble are wrangling with new legal drama involving consumers’ biometric identifiers. Amazon is being…
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Aside from the human cost, kids’ digital ID theft and fraud costs the US $1B a year
Considering the online safety of children is heavy enough without thinking about the financial losses involved in biometric and demographic…
Clearview enters NIST biometric accuracy test with a splash amid image struggle
Clearview AI is taking steps to back up its biometric accuracy claims and show the legitimacy of its business model, with…
UK government plan to ‘absorb’ biometrics regulator rebutted by Commissioner
A “once-in-this-generation opportunity” to build public trust in police use of surveillance and biometrics through reformed practices could be missed…
Meta to delete Facebook facial recognition dataset, turn off features
Facebook’s facial recognition tools are being shut down and a database of a billion face biometric templates deleted, Meta VP…
Proposed $6.8M settlement reached in biometric vending machines data privacy suit
A biometric data privacy suit against Compass Group USA Inc. and partner 365 Retail Markets LLC under Illinois’ Biometric Information…
Data protection authority blocks facial recognition from thermal cameras in Quebec
The Canadian province of Quebec has determined that combining thermal cameras with facial recognition or any other identification system violates…
Feds see southwest border as biometric-rich proving ground. So do opponents
The United States’ border with Mexico could be the first real battlefield over the federal government’s comprehensive use of biometric…
UK information commissioner exit interview: post-pandemic privacy, cyberattacks and ministers
In a final interview, Elizabeth Denham, the UK’s outgoing Information Commissioner (ICO) discussed her shock at firms’ lack of preparedness…
Ready facial recognition market among French soccer clubs restrained by regulator
Soccer clubs in France are tempted by the possibility of keeping violent spectators out of the stands without hindering their…
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