Utah airport accepts state’s mobile driver’s licenses from GET Group
A mobile driver’s license from Utah now qualifies as valid ID at some airports in the United States, according to…
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Oversight may become common feature of facial recognition policies for police
The 2023 crop of biometric surveillance legislation in North American is trying to find a balance between public safety and…
Proposed age verification bills across US online privacy, anonymity debate
Moves by some state houses of representatives in the United States to put in place laws that restrict access to…
More criticism for border live-testing app for asylum-seekers
It might be impossible to get a biometric asylum app created by the U.S. government to meet expectations, according to…
Chinese biometric surveillance camera vendors in West take cases to the media and courts
To date, the reaction in China to mounting government actions toward its biometric surveillance industry has been comparatively muted. Here…
$1M funding for homeland security tech, biometrics for US, Israel firms via BIRD Foundation
U.S. and Israeli firms pitching innovative solutions for homeland security (HLS), including biometrics, could receive funding of up to US$1…
Face biometrics in US schools getting more attention and funding
It seems long ago when the prevailing sentiment in the United States was that facial recognition surveillance had no place…
Biometric surveillance doubts in France, UK. US city puts rules on it
Facial recognition is again under scrutiny in France, as legislators discuss whether to use algorithms for public safety at the…
EU US data flow agreement at risk as committee finds protections not equivalent
A committee of the European Parliament finds that the proposed Data Privacy Framework (DPF) for the flow of personal data…
Biometrics industry has a big problem with call to ban ‘surveillance’ in airports
Two influential industry groups say a call by five powerful U.S. senators demanding a federal ban on facial recognition is…
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