Biometric data must be processed with ‘European values’: EDPS opinion on Data Act
Clarity is needed to ensure special types of highly sensitive data such as biometrics and health information are fully protected…
surveillance - biometrics topics
Biometric Update regularly writes news about surveillance. The following list of links is available to help you find biometrics news regarding surveillance. Additional topics may be perused by reviewing our entire Biometrics Topics list.
UK schools introducing biometrics without due care, legal backing, report says
Forcing children to use biometrics to prove their eligibility for the ‘Free School Meals’ program violates a legal restriction on…
Concerns about SIM registration with biometrics are genuine, digital rights activists argue
Tony Roberts and Ridwan Oloyede, authors of an opinion article published by Thompson Reuters Foundation News, have argued that people…
City in India requires smartwatches for surveillance on sewer workers
It is a good example of what many people globally fear about biometric surveillance. A city in India requires those…
Internet of Behavior grows but can the industry get ahead of public misgivings?
Ethics concerns continue to delay the deployment of current and new biometric surveillance technologies. For every positive use case there…
Immigrant tracking biometric app contract expanded by US agency
The U.S. immigration agency has renewed a biometric surveillance contract to create a new facial recognition app for tracking immigrants…
California turns to biometrics in the workplace. Law, regulations being debated
California legislators and regulators are stirring again. This time, they see problems with how employers are using biometric surveillance and…
U.S. gov’t gets an earful on biometric data policy. It’s not the first earful….
Another day, another unambiguous message to government officials and business executives about biometric data — hands off. Individuals should govern…
Ada Lovelace analysis suggests EU AI Act could curtail biometrics regulation
A ban on facial recognition by the EU AI Act could actually reduce protections against biometrics surveillance afforded by existing national…
Irish debate on biometric surveillance intensifies
Legislation in Ireland aimed at setting standards for the use of surveillance by national police ignores biometric data collection, according…
