French politicians call for face biometrics and AI surveillance tools to tackle terrorism
France may be on the way to deploy face recognition and AI surveillance technologies to monitor people in public spaces….
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Canadian shopping mall operator disables biometrics after data protection regulator report
Shopping mall operator Cadillac Fairview used digital information kiosks at 12 malls across Canada to surreptitiously collect and use facial…
Implications of New York’s SHIELD Act on biometric privacy
This is a guest post by Jennifer J. Daniels, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal & David J. Oberly, attorneys at Blank Rome…
Government facial recognition policies updated in Canada, Sweden and China
Canada, Sweden and China have all made changes this week in their approaches to national use of face biometric technologies….
GenKey updates biometric database software to meet EU GDPR’s ‘right to be forgotten’ requirement
GenKey has released version 5.0 of its ABIS (automated biometric identification system), which now fully complies with article 17 of…
Facial recognition systems for police advance in Dubai, Macau, but not Birmingham, AL
Dubai is planning to implement facial recognition on its public transport system to improve security, the Deccan Herald reports. The emirate…
Biometric privacy suit against Clearview AI remanded to state court in blow to defense
A biometric privacy lawsuit against Clearview AI has been remanded to Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois by a federal judge,…
Well-intentioned government privacy wonks need assertive attitude to win
Data protection officials in governments around the world have met every year since 1979 to coordinate their mission to safeguard…
Privacy concerns greet adoption of facial recognition system by India’s secondary education board
India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is introducing a facial recognition system that will henceforth allow tenth and twelfth…
Biometric payment, access and ID cards launching around the world
Biometric cards for payments, access control and digital identity in several regional markets featured prominently among the top news stories…
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