Federal Judge Blocks Utah’s VPN Location Rule for Adult-Site Age Checks
A federal judge has preliminarily barred Utah from enforcing a provision of its adult-site age-verification law that treats a person as being in the state even…
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German Privacy Regulators Warn Against Smart-Glasses Face Recognition in Public
Germany’s conference of federal and state data protection authorities has endorsed a Hamburg regulator’s examination of Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses and warned that…
Canada Opens Privacy Investigation Into IDScan.net Breach
Canada’s privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into the IDScan.net data breach, examining the company’s security safeguards and its notifications to…
Discord Begins Global Age Assurance Rollout With New Verification Options
Discord is rolling out its revised global age-assurance system this week, combining account-based age estimates with additional verification options that…
WA Police Reports 79 Arrests and Eight Incorrect Alerts in Face Recognition Trial
Western Australia Police says its live facial recognition trial has recorded 79 arrests after scanning 905,117 faces across 77 deployments. The force’s…
Croatia Reports 60 Merchants Using State App for Online Age Checks
Sixty merchants are now using Croatia’s mGrađani app to verify customers’ ages for online alcohol and energy-drink sales, according to the country’s Ministry…
North Yorkshire Schedules First Live Facial Recognition Deployment
The UK’s North Yorkshire Police will deploy live facial recognition in York city center on September 23, marking the force’s first planned use of the…
EU KIDS Act Proposal Sets Privacy-Preserving Age Verification Requirements
The European Commission has proposed requiring certified, privacy-preserving age verification for social networking and video-sharing services with risky…
Missouri Order Bars Facial Recognition Integration With License Plate Readers
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has signed an executive order requiring safeguards for automated license plate reader systems, including a prohibition on…
Thailand Plans Verifiable Credential Trusted List and Wallet Pilots for 2027
Thailand’s Electronic Transactions Development Agency plans to establish registration and oversight for verifiable credential providers in 2027, alongside…