ID Tech Digest – March 12, 2026
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Articles tagged with Privacy
U.S. State Age Verification Bills Take Diverging Paths: Ohio Tightens, Kansas Reaches for App Stores, South Dakota Retreats
Three states moved in different directions on age verification legislation this week, illustrating how uneven and contested the state-level push remains even…
Utah Passes Digital Identity Bill of Rights, Barring State Surveillance and Requiring Selective Disclosure
Utah’s legislature has unanimously passed SB 275, the State-Endorsed Digital Identity Program Amendments, establishing what may be the strongest privacy…
Iran Secretly Acquired Russian FindFace Facial Recognition System, Joint Investigation Reveals
Iranian authorities secretly acquired the FindFace facial recognition system developed by Russia’s NtechLab, using Iranian intermediary companies to circumvent…
EPIC Asks FTC to Investigate Meta’s Facial Recognition Smart Glasses Plans
The Electronic Privacy Information Center sent letters to the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general on February 13, 2026, requesting a prompt…
Misconfigured Firebase Backends in Photo and Document Apps Exposed Data for About 152,000 Users
A set of popular photo and document-related mobile apps exposed user data due to misconfigured Firebase storage and database settings, affecting an estimated…
BSI Points to New ISO/IEC 27566-1 Framework for Privacy-Focused Age Assurance Systems
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published a new international standards framework it says is intended to address privacy and protection issues in…
DHS Facial Recognition App Draws from 1.2 Billion Image Database
Federal immigration agents are using facial recognition technology that draws from U.S. government biometric databases containing more than 1.2 billion face…
Better Identity Coalition Circulates Draft Voluntary Code of Conduct for Verifiable Credentials
The Better Identity Coalition has circulated a draft voluntary code of conduct it describes as “rules of the road” for how organizations request and use data…
Oklahoma Lawmakers Ask State Supreme Court to Block Driver ID Data Transfer to AAMVA Network
A bipartisan group of 34 Oklahoma lawmakers has asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to halt Service Oklahoma’s planned transfer of driver’s license and state ID…