Once Wide Open, Internet Being Fenced With Age Checks
By Jim Nash Moved by a moral context, politically conservative U.S. states are lining up to pass age-verification laws designed to keep children from accessing…
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French Senate Votes in Favor of Public Facial Recognition Pilot
By Masha Borak The French Senate voted on Monday to adopt a draft law on testing facial recognition technology in public spaces. The law will…
US, EU Agencies Consider Role of Digital Wallets, Cloud in Digital Identity Ecosystems
By William McCurdy The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program is now accepting applications around the topic of privacy-preserving digital credential…
EU Parliament Approves AI Act Amid Heated Biometrics Debates
By Masha Borak The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act entered its final phase on Wednesday after the European Parliament adopted its position on the landmark…
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Amazon/Starbucks Shops for Collecting Biometric Data Without Notifying Customers
By B.N. Frank Last month it was announced that Amazon must pay $30.8 M to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for privacy violations…
Governments Embrace Digital Identity Register, Foreigner ID Cards and Bank Partnerships
By Masha Borak From Luxemburg and Estonia to South Africa and Vietnam, governments across the world are rolling out digital IDs, sometimes but not always…
Iris Biometrics Coming to Three National ID Programs
By Chris Burt Iris biometrics are being added to Pakistan’s national ID system with support from Iris ID, Jordan’s via IrisGuard, and are among the…
Victory! New Jersey Court Rules Police Must Give Defendant the Facial Recognition Algorithms Used to Identify Him
By Karen Gullo In a victory for transparency in police use of facial recognition, a New Jersey appellate court today ruled that state prosecutors—who charged…
Irish Police Watchdog Warns of Facial Recognition Abuse, UK Police Defends the Technology
By Masha Borak Ireland’s police watchdog said that they will need significant funds in order to track potential abuse of facial recognition technology and body-worn…
Generative AI Raises Questions About Biometric Security
By Joel R. McConvey Yet another sector is raising red flags about the potential harms of artificial intelligence, this time with regard to biometric security….
Illinois Expands Use of Police Drones to Cover “Special Events” and Can Include Facial Recognition
By Nicholas West The rapid proliferation of police drones and robots shouldn’t come as a surprise for longtime readers, but legislators are now reaching for…
Unveiling the Privacy Perils of Amazon Sidewalk
By Neil Radimaker In a time where technology continues to shape our lives, the emergence of Amazon Sidewalk has ignited a fervent debate about the…
Samsung OLED Tech Integrates Biometric Fingerprint and Health Sensors Into Display Panel
By Alessandro Mascellino Samsung Display has revealed new advancements in biometric technology at the SID Display Week 2023 in Los Angeles (running May 23-25). In…
Sam Altman: Artificial Intelligence, the Bilderberg Group, and Worldcoin
By Derrick Broze OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently testified in front of a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee regarding the recent rise of artificial intelligence (A.I.)…