SIA Outlines Its Biometric Facial Recognition Principles
The Security Industry Association has announced the release of its new policy principles meant to guide the development and deployment of facial recognition…
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Pittsburgh Councillor Moves to Ban Police Use of Biometric Facial Recognition Tech
Pittsburgh city councillor Corey O’Connor has introduced legislation that, if passed, would ban the city’s Public Safety Department (PPSD) from using facial…
Hamburg Privacy Commissioner Demands Answers on Clearview’s Collection of Biometric Data
Embattled New York-based facial recognition startup Clearview AI has been asked to answer a number of questions regarding the collection and processing of…
Facebook Biometric Privacy Case Settlement Do-over Gets Preliminary Approval
Social media giant Facebook has received preliminary approval from a California federal court to settle its Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)…
Aerendir Research Suggests Consumers are Unhappy with Current Privacy Practices
Aerendir Mobile is interrogating the Privacy Paradox in a new report published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. In its most basic…
GAO Releases New Report on Facial Recognition Industry
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report on the state of the facial recognition industry titled “FACIAL RECOGNITION…
New StoneLock GO Biometric Edge Reader Brings Privacy-Enhancing, Contactless Access Control to Enterprises
“…the StoneLock GO is being billed as a “faceless” recognition technology thanks to its reliance on mathematical representations of enrolled users, as opposed…
Court of Appeals Rules South Wales Police Use of Automatic Facial Recognition to be Unlawful
A Court of Appeals in Wales has ruled the use of automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology by South Wales Police to be unlawful, overturning a ruling by…
U.S Sens Sanders, Merkley Propose Nation-Wide BIPA Legislation
A pair of U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders, are proposing a nationwide version of the now famous Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act…
Fawkes Tool Helps You Hide from Biometric Facial Recognition
A team of scientists at the University of Chicago’s Sand Lab have created a tool that is designed to thwart facial recognition algorithms. Named in honor of…