Microsoft is getting rid of some of the features that it currently offers to its facial recognition clients. The decision was made in an effort to adopt a more ethical […]

Scotland is trying to regulate the police use of biometric technologies, including facial recognition. Brian Plastow, the country’s biometrics commissioner, has sent a final draft to the justice committee for […]

The Adelaide City Council is in a standoff with the South Australia Police (SAPOL) over the use of facial recognition. Adelaide is planning to replace its outdated City Safe CCTV […]

The Australian consumer advocacy group Choice is sounding the alarm about facial recognition in brick-and-mortar retail outlets. The organization queried 25 of the country’s largest retailers, and found that three […]

ID.me is trying to dispel some of the privacy concerns that critics have levelled at the platform in the past few months. The company was celebrating its partnership with the […]

Google is the latest tech giant to reach a settlement in a BIPA case. The company was facing a class action lawsuit that originated with the Face Grouping feature in […]

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 privacy framework bill that […]

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK has handed down its final judgment in its investigation of Clearview AI. The privacy watchdog had threatened Clearview with a £17 million […]

The Manchester, New Hampshire, police department is trying to recruit local businesses and the general public into a large-scale video surveillance scheme. The police are specifically hoping to deploy a […]

This week’s roundup of FindBiometrics’ top stories delivers a varied assortment of news, but concerns about privacy and security on the part of everyday citizens and consumers play a major […]