Nepal Supreme Court Orders Data Protection Law for National ID Biometric Records
Nepal’s Supreme Court has directed the government to enact a separate law protecting the personal and biometric details collected for the National Identity…
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Irish Bill Would Allow Voluntary ID Use of Public Services Card
Irish lawmakers have debated a bill that would let Public Services Card holders voluntarily present the card as identity information to organizations beyond…
Monroe County Passes Commercial Biometric Data Law
New York’s Monroe County Legislature has approved a law requiring commercial establishments to disclose their use of facial recognition and other biometric…
Egyptian MP Seeks Safeguards for Facial Verification in SIM Registration
Egyptian lawmaker Amira al-Adly has called for clearer legal and institutional safeguards around plans to use facial recognition when registering mobile phone…
Erie County Receives About 30 Responses Under New Biometric Privacy Law
Erie County’s Department of Consumer Protection had received about 30 business responses to disclosure requirements under its new biometric privacy law, with…
Victoria Labor Proposes Limits on Workplace Biometrics and AI Surveillance
Victoria’s Labor government has proposed workplace surveillance laws that would restrict when employers can collect biometric data, limit emotion inference and…
Monroe County Weighs Bill Requiring Businesses to Disclose Facial Recognition Use
A proposed law in Monroe County, New York, would require businesses such as grocery stores, restaurants, and banks to tell customers when they use facial…
Erie County Executive Signs Biometric Transparency and Privacy Act Into Law
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has signed the Biometric Transparency and Privacy Act into law, the next step for the county-level legislation that makes…
ICE Awards $25.1M No-Bid Iris-Scanning Contract to BI2 Technologies
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a 25.1 million dollar no-bid contract to BI2 Technologies for iris biometric recognition systems, more…
IRS Proposal Would Let ID.me Retain Taxpayer Biometric Data for Years
A proposed framework under discussion at the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service would allow identity verification contractor ID.me to…