Age verification is a prickly unknown for at least one US state
A new U.S. state age-verification law will take effect in March 1 and the government still does not have rules…
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Mobile driver’s licenses are almost mainstream in the US
Another couple U.S. states are considering the benefits of digital identification. New Mexico legislators, with the encouragement of the state’s…
UK data watchdog says police use of US cloud services will likely be allowed
The UK’s data protection watchdog says UK police will likely allow the use of cloud services that can send sensitive…
Senators ask DoJ if federal facial recognition funding violates civil rights
A group of 18 American senators from the Democratic Caucus have written to the Department of Justice to express concerns…
Biometric surveillance options increase for US police
Proving that it is not always good to be right, public and private video surveillance is gaining critical mass in…
Age verification laws in the UK and US reassessed
While lawmakers around the world remind us to think of the children, digital identity watchdogs and citizen groups say restrictive…
Biometric age verification easier legislated when no tech details mentioned
The age-verification/porn debate will never end because every law takes a freedom away and there’s always someone with a stricter…
US lawmakers attack categories of deepfake but miss everyday fraud
A pair of U.S. House of Representative members have introduced a bill intended to restrict unauthorized fraudulent digital replicas of…
US wants freer hand searching Norway biometric databases when visitors show up
The U.S. is making a new data-access demand of Norway in return for visa-free travel between them. There are reports…
Indiana slow on mDLs but it’s beating California
Some U.S. states, like Maryland, have rushed to set up mobile driver license, but far from all 50 see the…
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