Facebook Returns with Increased Settlement in BIPA Case
Social media giant Facebook has brought forth an adjusted settlement claim to a U.S. District Court for a lawsuit filed against it earlier this year for…
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Kentucky Court Says Cops Can Compel Biometric Phone Unlocking with a Warrant
“It’s well-established that suspects can’t be forced to divulge the passcodes that would enable phone access, but there is growing debate about whether…
Proposed Bill Would Restrict Use of Facial Recognition in Police Body Cams
Four congressional Democrats have introduced the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, a new law enforcement bill that while requiring federal, state and local law…
Seventh Circuit Ruling Lets Defendants Move BIPA Cases to Federal Court
The Seventh Circuit court in the U.S. has weighed in on Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and determined that the act of collecting and…
Clearview Suspends Private Contracts to Head Off Possible Injunction
Clearview AI has indicated that it will be cancelling all contracts with private entities, and will instead make its platform available exclusively to…
Virginia Lawmakers to Review Proposed Privacy Legislation
A committee of the Virginia House of Delegates voted last week to send several privacy-related bills to a legislative commission for study, including the…
Apple at Centre of Fight to Unlock Pensacola Shooter’s iPhone
Apple is once again at the centre of a privacy debate over requests for the tech giant to unlock the iPhones of the shooter in a recent tragedy at a […]
Kenyan Authorities Prepare to Launch Biometric Identification System for HIV Patients
A new system for registering people living with HIV using biometric scanning is being declared ready for use after extensive testing in Kenya. In a joint study…
NYPD Deletes Illegal Database of Juvenile Fingerprints
The New York Police Department has finally finished deleting what was an illegal database of fingerprints obtained from juvenile offenders more than two years…
SIA Advocates for Facial Recognition in Letter to US Lawmakers
A large coalition of organizations and trade associations has asked Congress to reconsider public bans on facial recognition technology. The group sent a…