CBP One app deployed for asylum seekers, biometric surveillance concerns raised
The Biden Administration has “quietly” expanded the use of the CBP One mobile app, which uses face biometrics to confirm…
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Emerging approaches to the regulation of biometrics: The EU, the US and the challenge to the UK
Emerging approaches to the regulation of biometrics: The EU, the US and the challenge to the UK Online June 10,…
Washington county restricts facial recognition use by sheriff, country offices
King County, Washington, home to facial recognition-providing tech giants Amazon and Microsoft, has passed a ban on the use of…
Baltimore City Council proposes overarching ban on facial recognition, SIA calls for sanity
In a series of local rules proposed and passed by local government in the U.S. to limit the use of…
ICE deploys mobile face biometrics to remotely monitor registered migrants
A pair of recently deployed facial recognition systems are helping the U.S. government monitor migrants and other foreign nationals crossing…
Australian HRC calls for partial facial recognition moratorium, new AI oversight
The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition in “high-risk” settings, as…
Campaigners predict U.S. federal facial recognition regulation
Amazon’s move to make its moratorium on sales of facial recognition to U.S law enforcement indefinite is adding to the…
Amazon extends police facial recognition moratorium
Amazon has taken the time limit off of its self-imposed moratorium on offering its face biometrics technology to U.S. law…
The watch is on for the next wave of US biometric data privacy lawsuits
Despite the wave of litigation alleging procedural violations of biometric data privacy rules, or perhaps because of it, other states…
US mobile driver’s licenses advancing to more states, agencies, applications
The list of U.S. states to launch mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) is growing rapidly, with five implemented already and three…
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