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US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Restrict Federal Biometric Surveillance

A group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would bar federal agencies from acquiring or using facial-recognition and other…

September 28, 2026

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House Bill Would Require OS Providers to Verify User Ages

HR 8250, the Parents Decide Act introduced by Reps. Gottheimer and Stefanik, would require operating system providers to verify the age of any OS user.

April 17, 2026

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Proposed ‘Improving Digital Identity Act’ Would Establish White House Task Force on Digital ID

Legislators are pushing for federal involvement in the development of digital identity ecosystems as more states begin to adopt mobile driver’s licenses and…

October 2, 2024

Draft Privacy Law Would Establish Federal Biometric Data Protections

Federal lawmakers are making progress on a national data protection law. A bipartisan group of legislators have put forward a 64-page draft version of a new…

June 7, 2022

SIA Backs Congressional Acts to Fund and Strengthen US Supply Chain

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has voiced its support for two pieces of legislation that are currently making their way through Congress, and offered…

April 14, 2022

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Privacy Activists Hope IRS Policy Shift Will Lead to Facial Recognition Legislation

Privacy advocates are hoping that their recent victory over the IRS will mark a shift in the ongoing battle over facial recognition. The IRS had originally…

March 8, 2022

US Senators Target IRS With Proposed Facial Recognition Ban

The ongoing saga of ID.me and the IRS took another twist with the introduction of a new bill that would bar the tax agency from using any form of facial […]

March 7, 2022

California Notaries Oppose Use of Remote Technology

The California League of Independent Notaries (CLIN) is voicing its opposition to a federal bill that would make it legal to notarize paperwork remotely and…

June 9, 2021

iProov Provides Liveness Detection for Caribbean Identity Start-up

SIA Argues Against Proposed Biometrics Moratorium

The Security Industry Association has made known its “strong opposition” to a newly proposed facial recognition ban in a statement. The Facial Recognition and…

June 30, 2020

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