Identifying ethnicity problematic so scientists write ‘race recognition’ code
An unusually diverse team of researchers say they have created the better human race recognition system. There has been some…
surveillance - biometrics topics
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Critics of facial recognition out-lobbying well-known vendors
A research group picking through U.S. lobbying activity about facial recognition shows fairly modest spending by most organizations last year,…
Statewatch warns of worsening ethnic profiling risk in EU as identity systems expand
Monitoring organization Statewatch warns that new biometric identity controls used by police and immigration authorities in the European Union could…
IBIA weighs in on biometrics use in answer to US government request
The International Biometrics and Identity Association (IBIA) has laid out the industry perspective on a response to the Request for…
Will AI regs take a decade to write in EU? History says maybe so
If the speed at which Europe’s General Data Protections Regulation evolved from interesting idea to iconic privacy regime is an…
Another earful for White House on DHS biometrics, states on surveillance
Development of biometric surveillance systems by U.S. government agencies at different levels continues to intensify, as do the protests of…
IFSEC International
IFSEC International ExCel London May 17 – 19, 2022 IFSEC International, Europe’s leading integrated security event, is getting ready to…
Where do US watchdogs stand compared to international peers? Good question
Many of the world’s governments have privacy watchdogs, and some, like the United States, have created little-noticed independent privacy overseers…
Biometric and behavioral mass surveillance – will the EU ‘choose totalitarianism’?
A study into the use of biometric and behavioral mass surveillance, particularly in public spaces, examines whether, generally in the…
Three visions for biometrics regulation, all look iffy
A new assessment of the White House’s view of AI governance, particularly compared to that of the European Union, is…
