CBP begins assessing collection of DNA samples from persons in custody
Effective this week, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began collecting DNA from any person in CBP custody who is subject…
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Valid introduces REAL ID driver’s license standards for the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Valid has introduced REAL ID driver’s license and identification card solutions for the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to…
New Hampshire Senate pushes back Biometric Information Protection Bill
The New Hampshire Senate has pushed back on the Biometric Information Protection Bill that the House passed last year that…
U.S. pushes back against international AI regulation efforts as Portland delays facial biometrics ban again
Regulating advanced technology is a touchy subject at the best of times, but a plan announced by Canada and France…
TechFreedom urges Supreme Court to hear Facebook biometric data privacy arguments
TechFreedom is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Facebook’s appeal of the decision to certify a Biometric Information Privacy…
NY state Assembly Member wants moratorium on biometric technology in grade schools
In the upcoming legislative session, New York state Assembly Member Monica Wallace wants to focus all 2020 efforts on a…
Facial recognition use planned by police and border security as NIST report sparks concern
Australia’s Home Affairs Department says it needs to increase its use of facial biometrics with data from allied nations and…
Federal, state court rulings on whether biometrics protected by Fifth Amendment get murky
A recent 4 to 3 ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court noticeably declined to address the matter of whether law…
Japanese companies identify facial recognition opportunity in conflict between U.S. and China
China’s facial recognition unicorns have received a lot of hype, but conflict between China and the U.S. and unease about…
Restrictions closing in on facial recognition, biometric surveillance in public housing, Alameda, NYPD efforts
Earlier this month, U.S. presidential election Democratic candidates were asked to speak their mind about facial recognition. They were unanimously…
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