Clear to integrate Azure AD Verifiable Credentials, Health Pass deployed by hospital network
Clear has formed an integration partnership with Microsoft for Clear members to use their biometrics-backed digital ID with Azure Active Directory…
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Facebook’s not safe for face biometrics, but privacy can be built into Meta?
Days after Mark Zuckerberg announced a gorgeous new day had dawned with the creation of his holding company Meta, reports…
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…
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…
