Amazon facial recognition used in Russia despite sanctions, says former employee
Amazon has supplied facial recognition technology to Russia despite UK sanctions on the country imposed after it invaded Ukraine, a…
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As UK sets date for general elections, criticism piles on voter ID requirement
The UK’s first national election to require a photo ID document has finally set its date to July 4th. But…
Getlink confident in biometric border check readiness for October 2024
In light of impending border checks set to be implemented in October, Getlink, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, has…
Age assurance legislation proves contentious and confusing to advocates
Efforts by governments around the anglosphere to put age assurance barriers between children and age-restricted content are not sufficiently targeted…
Age verification comes to social media as age of unregulated use nears an end
If trends continue, social media is set to follow in the path of cigarettes: an activity benefitting early from lax…
AI can save UK govt £40B annually, revolutionize public services: Blair Institute
AI will soon be used to pre-check applications for correct information, triage cases by calculating complexity and routing them appropriately,…
French travel minister joins UK lawmakers in floating EES postponement
The European Union’s biometrics-based travel scheme is raising concern in France with the local transport minister not excluding postponement. Minister…
UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner role survives as DPDI fails
UK parliament will not pass data protection legislation during the current session, following the announcement of the general election in…
UK Lords committee urges delay for EU’s EES and ETIAS
A government committee in the United Kingdom is calling for the rollout of the European Union’s biometric-based travel schemes to…
UK plans to review identity verification, bank data to reduce benefits fraud
The UK government has laid out its plans to prevent benefit fraud – promising to save taxpayers £9 billion by…
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