UN’s counter-terrorist travel biometrics poses human rights risk: Special Rapporteur
The United Nations’ travel surveillance system, which collects biometric data to track down terrorists, should be paused and “urgently reviewed,”…
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AI Act stumbles over provisional deal with biometrics among main culprits
Biometric surveillance and generative AI are again proving to be stumbling blocks as lawmakers hammer out a provisional deal for…
EU states to get major cash boost for border security and migration systems
With international politics at maximum intensity, the European Commission has made more than €250 million (roughly US$272 million) available to…
Hold up: 300 say eIDAS rules could make surveillance easier for EU nations
Language in proposed revised regulation of eIDAS in the European Union is being loudly rebuffed by 335 individuals and civil…
US cedes markets for oppressive biometric surveillance goods to others
The U.S. government no longer will offer incentives to domestic companies selling biometric surveillance and related goods to other nations…
Tiny radar biometric sensor could identify people by their heartbeat — researchers
A seemingly impossibly small radar sensor capable of detecting biometrics including heart beats has been created by researchers at the…
Thermo Fisher DNA identifiers at issue in call for new China sanctions
A special U.S. Congressional commission is urging the departments of Commerce, State and Treasury to restrict the export of DNA…
Advocates say people think of biometric identification all wrong
A digital rights organization says the popular view of biometric identification and surveillance is backward and the result is the…
Taiwanese pols raise security concerns with biometric gear from China, Thailand
The acquisition of biometric attendance machines from China and Thailand by some municipal offices in Taiwan’s capital Taipei has sparked…
UK ICO has a primer for bosses new to biometrically surveilling staff
The UK’s information-rights commission has published new research that shows most residents don’t want to be monitored by employers. At…
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