Movements build to ban secret use of facial recognition
State governments at opposite ends of the nation appear ready to place more controls on the use of facial recognition…
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Biometrics industry lobbies for responsible facial recognition regulation
What constitutes appropriate use of biometric facial recognition technology is the subject of Congressional hearings, draft legislation at the federal…
The Vatican and Big Tech, Pentagon release overlapping AI commandments
It is hard to know what it means when a global religious figure, two iconic technology giants and the Pentagon…
Lawmakers need schooling on face recognition, say subject-matter experts
Governments around the world do not understand how biometric facial recognition works, and that is leading to ill-informed or needlessly…
Springfield passes facial biometrics moratorium as new deployments announced
The local government of Springfield, Massachusetts has approved legislation to place a moratorium on use of biometric facial recognition by…
New EU AI strategy puts remote biometric identification in “high-risk” category
The EU will consider biometrics for authentication differently from remote biometric identification, as it develops regulation as part of its…
Privacy rights groups call for ‘day of action’ to ban facial recognition at all schools
Fight for the Future (FFTF) and Students for Sensible Drug Policy are organizing what they call a ‘National Day of…
EU tech plans may include compliance checks for biometric systems
A top European Union official will present the bloc’s plan for competing with the U.S. and China on advanced technologies,…
Police use of facial biometrics raising privacy concerns, calls for regulation in Canada, Scotland
Law enforcement agencies around the world have been showing keen interest in biometric facial recognition, but privacy advocates fear the…
ISO and IEC introduce new international standards for interoperability in biometrics
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has published new international standards to ensure security, compatibility and interoperability of biometric data interchange…
