Tale of two nations building out their biometric surveillance capabilities – the US and China
The governments of China and the United States are using similar strategies to train their facial recognition systems. They are…
United States
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US views AI chips as industrial security and a treasure not to be shared freely
Thirty years after microchips were diminished to commodities, they are strategic again for the United States. Washington is embargoing (something…
US loses appetite for university research but not China
In a report that should surprise no one, China is funding sensitive research – including biometric surveillance tools — in…
More schools think they see an answer to mass murders in biometric surveillance
Biometrics scanning is the newest technology employed in U.S. primary and secondary schools to prevent children from murdering others with…
San Diego finds a compromise on biometric surveillance, but skeptics remain
An accommodation between the right to privacy and the government’s duty to protect has been reached on the use of…
Biometrics deployments to facilitate airport passenger checks gain traction in US, India
Systems to automate and expedite checks for passengers at airports with biometrics are finding more space as the travel industry…
Awareness grows of infant DNA samples being used in crime investigations
Some U.S. governmental bodies are growing squeamish over law enforcement use of blood spots routinely taken from newborns to screen…
UK-US deal, legal changes could jeopardize EU data-sharing agreements
Could new agreements and proposed legislation from the UK government mean the European Union no longer considers it compliant with…
Protection of health data comes with catches when it comes at all
Health data is the innermost kukla in the nesting doll that is personal digital privacy, and try as some might,…
Police can’t record teens’ biometrics just because they want to – state supreme court
Police in the U.S. state of Michigan have no more right to record biometric identifiers than they have the right…
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