First ever government biometrics code moves toward approval in Scotland
According to a report out of Scotland, that northern reach of the United Kingdom is finalizing its biometric code of…
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Gartner forecasts consumer data protection will cover three-quarters of all people by 2024
Michael Hughes, Chief Business Officer at privacy-enhancing data science firm Duality Technologies says it is crucial for enterprises to work…
US regulator urges MFA and puts banks on notice – not reasonably protecting data is illegal
A U.S. consumer finance regulator has published a circular warning that insufficient security for consumer biometric and other personal data…
New Zealand’s biometric regs were fine last year, now need a new look
Aotearoa New Zealand privacy regulator is preparing a series of public forums, or consultations, to learn how citizens want leaders…
FTC considers looking into commercial use of online biometric surveillance
Almost all discussion in the United States about facial recognition systems centers on government use and, more pointedly, on police…
San Diego finds a compromise on biometric surveillance, but skeptics remain
An accommodation between the right to privacy and the government’s duty to protect has been reached on the use of…
New Paravision VP to lead engagement on ethical facial recognition deployments
Paravision will pursue engagement over facial recognition policy with the public sector with the appointment of Bishop Garrison as vice…
FTC vet handicaps the agency’s role in biometric data privacy rulemaking
National data privacy policies are coming to the United States, according to a regulation insider, but do not expect to…
Czech presidency hopes to shape AI Act, delist biometric categorization as high-risk
The European Union’s AI Act may be seeing some changes including a narrower definition of what AI is and a…
Lucrative biometrics contracts for government credentials, authorization unveiled
Biometric technology from Tech5 is being used in the next phase of Ethiopia’s national digital ID enrollment, in one of…
