China, of all nations, now a leader in private biometric curbs. But for how long?
With a decision handed down late last month, China’s Supreme People’s Court appears to have put the autocratic nation ahead…
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Informed consent key to compliant retail facial recognition deployments
While it becomes increasingly popular for retailers to implement facial recognition technology for anti-theft purposes, one case in Spain has…
AI researchers won’t be playing ‘trust fall’ with Facebook. Or China
There are organizations that AI researchers trust less than Facebook, according to a new paper, and they are all Chinese….
US financial regulators cite biometrics in urging stricter customer authentication
U.S. financial institutions are being encouraged to improve their security provisions through methods ranging from password controls to biometrics with…
Researcher continues to expose the public danger of intimate biometric profiling
Troubling public research to determine how accurate facial and voice biometrics-based systems can be in predicting people’s intimate traits is…
eu-LISA industry roundtable to explore AI and biometric database interoperability
EU operational technology management agency eu-LISA is to host an industry roundtable in November focusing on ‘Artificial Intelligence in Large-scale…
Affective biometrics: Too new, too inaccurate for police work, says think tank
Most people knowledgeable about face biometrics have at least some misgivings about how it is used. It is safe to…
UK Biometrics Commissioner wades into Foreign Affairs’ ban of Hikvision products
The UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson has responded to a letter published by Chinese camera manufacturer…
Facial recognition surveillance worldwide: Mexico steps forward, Israel and EU step back and the US to the side
One of the leads for amending the European Parliament’s Artificial Intelligence Act intends to tighten biometric surveillance in the bloc…
UK digital identity framework update invites organizations to begin testing
An updated framework for the UK’s plans for digital identity includes details on how technology providers would be assessed for certification,…
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