Indian MP Asks the Supreme Court to Halt Police Facial Recognition at Protests
CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP AA Rahim has asked India’s Supreme Court to rule police biometric surveillance of peaceful protests unconstitutional.
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France Passes Under-15 Social Media Ban With Age-Check Details Unresolved
France has approved legislation barring children under 15 from accessing online social networks, creating an enforcement challenge whose technical details…
EU Registers Citizens’ Initiative Opposing Mandatory Digital ID and Age Checks
The European Commission has registered a European Citizens’ Initiative seeking to keep digital identity and age-verification systems voluntary,…
human.tech Launches Zero-Knowledge Identity and Compliance SDK for Aztec
human.tech has released Clean SDK, a software development kit that adds zero-knowledge identity verification, sanctions screening and private transactions to…
Andy Burnham to Scrap UK National Digital ID Plan
Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, is preparing to scrap the national digital ID program developed under Keir Starmer, with his team saying the…
Victoria Labor Proposes Limits on Workplace Biometrics and AI Surveillance
Victoria’s Labor government has proposed workplace surveillance laws that would restrict when employers can collect biometric data, limit emotion inference and…
WA Police Facial Recognition Trial Scans 130,000 Faces, Leads to 19 Arrests
Western Australia Police’s mobile live facial recognition trial scanned more than 130,000 faces in its first week, generating 33 alerts that led to 19 arrests…
Grocery Outlet Stores Quietly Adopt SAFR Face Matching Against Shoplifter Watchlists
Discount grocer Grocery Outlet has begun using facial recognition in some of its California stores, with small signs by the doors disclosing that face matching…
Tokyo Ward Deploys Outdoor Facial Recognition Cameras to Find Missing People
A Tokyo ward has installed outdoor security cameras with AI facial recognition to help find missing children and elderly people with dementia, in what…
IDfy Wins India’s Government-Backed DPDP Consent Challenge
Indian identity and trust technology company IDfy has won Code for Consent, a government-run competition to find systems that can manage user consent and data…