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UK Commissioner discusses biometrics among year’s privacy and data protection achievements

UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has released its 2019-20 annual report, describing discussions around biometric facial recognition among “transformative” highlights for…

 

Unclear if biometric privacy law applies to algorithm training, though BIPA decisions clarify scope

Biometric privacy laws may apply only to processes in which individuals are identified, Theodore F. Claypoole of Womble Bond Dickenson…

 

Biometric digital health credentials for NHL and London theatre, Privacy International warns of risks

As biometrics and other digital identity technologies are deployed to enable big league sports to resume operations, National Hockey League…

 

Facebook adds $100M to biometric privacy settlement in attempt to satisfy skeptical judge

Facebook has added $100 million to its proposed settlement in a Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuit, Fortune reports. The…

 

ID4Africa webinar shows gradual shift of digital ID systems in Africa towards individual control beginning

Should national identity schemes, biometrics-backed or otherwise, use a single unique digital ID number to identify people for different services,…

 

From stateless to self-sovereign: A project that gives life-long identity to the world’s invisibles beginning at birth

This is a guest post by Alex Andrade-Walz, Director of Marketing at Evernym, a leader in verifiable credential technology. There…

 

Most secrecy about biometric surveillance of Covid-19 is harmful

Warnings about how biometric surveillance tools are being used to suppress transmission of Covid-19 continue to mount. A recent paper…

 

Congress pushes back on White House stonewalling about biometric spying on protesters

The White House and House of Representatives are digging in for a lengthy fight over the legitimacy of digital surveillance…

 

Aussies look into TikTok, Weibo and WeChat over data privacy concerns

The Australian federal government is expected to investigate Chinese social media platforms including TikTok, Weibo and WeChat, looking for evidence…

 

Is the Facebook biometric data privacy lawsuit in Illinois going to trial after all?

That $550 million that Facebook Inc. agreed to pay in January to settle claims that it violated its Illinois members’…

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