Irish Department of Social Protection Confirms Use of Facial Recognition
Ireland’s Department of Social Protection (DSP) confirmed reports that it uses biometric processing and facial recognition technologies as a part of its public…
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Year in Review: The Industry Speaks, Part 2 – Education and Transformation in Biometrics
The FindBiometrics Year in Review is a massive industry event, collecting the opinions of biometrics industry experts from a wide range of backgrounds. Each…
Google Hit with BIPA Lawsuit Over Faceprints
Google has been accused of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in a new lawsuit over the compiling of faceprints. This case comes…
Virginia Lawmakers to Review Proposed Privacy Legislation
A committee of the Virginia House of Delegates voted last week to send several privacy-related bills to a legislative commission for study, including the…
EPIC Asks FTC to Regulate Use of AI in Employment Screenings
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — a public research center focusing on privacy issues and based in Washington, DC — has filed a petition with…
Year in Review: The Industry Speaks, Part 1 – Surfing the Privacy Wave as Biometrics Surge
The FindBiometrics Year in Review is a massive industry event, collecting the opinions of biometrics industry experts from a wide range of backgrounds. Each…
Year in Review: Consensus on Privacy, and Confusion Over Regulation
In today’s tech landscape, the issue of privacy is increasingly in the foreground. Consumers have been grappling with this issue for years as the rise of the…
P.E.I. Authorities Clarify Use of Facial Recognition Tech
Following concerns expressed by Atlantic Canada’s four provincial privacy commissioners, the P.E.I. government has said it is working toward becoming more…
New York Law Firm Offers Guidance on California Consumer Privacy Act
Major New York Law Firm Kramer Levin has written a post on its website offering companies some information and guidance on the recently passed California…
Apple at Centre of Fight to Unlock Pensacola Shooter’s iPhone
Apple is once again at the centre of a privacy debate over requests for the tech giant to unlock the iPhones of the shooter in a recent tragedy at a […]