Anti-porn age verification for minors in UK and US attracts data protection criticism
The UK’s Online Safety Bill, is now set to force all platforms hosting pornographic material operating in the UK to…
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More meetings about AI regulation being discussed in US Congress
National politicians in the United States have honed the ability to look very busy working on issues they have no…
US state, Ireland curb police use of facial recognition
The push and pull of police policy governing biometric surveillance has been tugged hard by privacy advocates. Law enforcement in…
US, Kyrgyzstan, India hunt criminals with facial recognition watchlists
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reportedly used facial recognition and fingerprint biometric data to locate an alleged Bosnian…
US industry groups want more from the White House on digital ID
Businesses and digital ID advocates are again petitioning the Biden Administration to use its power to drive down rates of…
No shortage of fumbling in the dark to neuter deepfakes
An article in a UK politics trade publication sees domestic lawmakers deliberately ignoring the dangers posed by deepfakes. Maybe to…
Governments embrace digital identity register, foreigner ID cards and bank partnerships
From Luxemburg and Estonia to South Africa and Vietnam, governments across the world are rolling out digital IDs, sometimes but…
Streamlined data privacy rules for businesses nearer for US, UK
The United Kingdom is closer to replicating with the U.S. a biometrics data sharing agreement it signed with South Korea…
Opposition gathers but biometric privacy laws grow
Forces for and against biometric information protection laws in the United States remain stalemated in a position that favors proponents…
EU opts for ‘pragmatic approach’ on negotiations with US over biometric data sharing
The President of the Council of the European Union said in a recent note that the Commission had opted for…
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