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New bipartisan bill in US Congress aims to crack down on digital identity theft, fraud

Bipartisan legislation newly introduced in U.S. Congress aims to “strengthen America’s digital identity infrastructure and protect individuals, businesses, and government…

 

Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data

Following biometric data sharing agreements between the US, Chile and Ecuador, the Australian government reportedly has also agreed to provide the…

 

ICE, FBI expand facial recognition use to protest investigations

Federal use of facial recognition and related surveillance technologies has expanded decisively into the monitoring of domestic protest activity, according…

 

US Justice Department’s search of reporter’s phone, laptops raise biometric, privacy concerns

When federal agents searched the home of Hannah Natanson, they were not just pursuing a leak investigation. They were taking…

 

Senators urge DHS watchdog to probe expanding use of biometric and surveillance data by ICE, CBP

Two prominent Democratic U.S. senators have directed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general (IG) to investigate what they…

 

FTC panel gets existential in pondering why online age verification matters

Why does age verification matter? The question fueled part of the discussion at this week’s workshop on age assurance hosted…

 

TikTok’s updated privacy policy deepens concerns over user data

As TikTok restructures its U.S. operations under a newly created, majority American-owned joint venture, the company has quietly updated its…

 

US expands biometric security cooperation abroad

A U.S.–Peru security cooperation initiative announced last week puts biometric identity technology inside Peru’s prison system as Washington accelerates a…

 

ICE’s expanding use of FRT on minors collides with DHS policy, oversight warnings, law

When masked federal agents stopped two teenagers riding their bikes near an Illinois high school last fall, the encounter followed…

 

House Democrats propose QR code ID requirement for ICE, CBP agents

House Democrats introduced legislation that if passed would force federal immigration enforcement agents to wear a public-facing identification in the…

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