Monroe County Passes Commercial Biometric Data Law
New York’s Monroe County Legislature has approved a law requiring commercial establishments to disclose their use of facial recognition and other biometric…
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Indiana Plans an Opt-In Mobile Driver’s Licence Within 18 Months
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is preparing an optional mobile driver’s licence that would let residents prove their age or identity without exposing the…
World Releases Mobile-First Zero-Knowledge Toolkit Behind World ID
World Foundation has released ProveKit, an open-source zero-knowledge proving toolkit designed to generate privacy-preserving proofs locally on phones,…
Australia Will Let People Switch Off Their Own Identity Documents
Australians will be able to block the use of their driver licence or passport for identity checks under IDLock, a service the federal government will run…
Otter.ai Must Face Voiceprint Claims Under Illinois Biometric Law
A federal judge allowed Illinois BIPA claims over speaker-identification voiceprints to proceed against Otter.ai, alongside wiretap and privacy claims.
Face-Search Service ClarityCheck Left More Than 9 Million Images Exposed
An unsecured storage bucket belonging to people-search service ClarityCheck exposed more than 9 million image files, mostly faces, a researcher found.
New York City Biometric Scanning Ban Wins Council Majority
A bill barring businesses open to the public from scanning customers’ faces has reached 28 Council co-sponsors and won Mamdani administration backing.
20Face Secures 819 Capital Backing for Facial Recognition Expansion
Dutch facial recognition developer 20Face has raised an early-stage funding round led by 819 Capital Partners, with existing investors also participating. The…
Delhi Police Tell Supreme Court Facial Recognition Flagged Only Prior Offenders
Delhi Police told India’s Supreme Court its protest facial recognition flagged only people with serious criminal records, disclosing 2,873 matches.
France’s Constitutional Council Strikes Down Under-15 Social Media Ban
France’s Constitutional Council struck down the under-15 social media ban, faulting an age-verification rule that lacked privacy guarantees.