INTERPOL unveils new global database to identify missing persons through family DNA
Using cutting-edge technology, I-Familia can help police close cold cases and families to rebuild their lives.
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Facial recognition and biometric technology to end airport passport queues
Queueing at passport controls could become a thing of the past under plans for fully automated border checks.
North Carolina school district buys face biometrics to monitor students and staff
A facial recognition surveillance system from Verkada has been purchased in North Caroline by a rural school district in northwest of Charlotte.
Mexico requiring biometric data for cellphone users is a gift to criminals
. In addition to asking for a copy of an ID, telecoms will now be required to collect people’s fingerprints, faceprints, and home addresses.
Apple prohibits manufacturers from collecting facial scans, biometric data of employees
Apple’s new guidelines prohibit manufacturing partners from collecting biometric data such as fingerprints or facial scans of Apple employees who visit their facilities.
Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers
Uber’s use of facial recognition technology for a driver identity system is being challenged in the U.K., where the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) and Worker Info Exchange (WIE) have called for Microsoft to suspend the ride-hailing giant’s use of B2B facial recognition.
Amazon Subjects Its Drivers to Biometric Surveillance
Earlier this week, Motherboard revealed the company’s cruel “take it or leave” demand to its 75,000 delivery drivers: submit to biometric surveillance or lose your job.
Advocacy Groups Again Ask CBP to Withdraw Biometrics Expansion Proposal
Technology and immigration advocacy organizations and other researchers are again calling for Customs and Border Protection to put the brakes on the planned expansion of its biometric entry-exit program.
UK Post Office to use biometrics for client identification
The rollout includes a free-to-use app that will combine customers’ personal data and biometrics to create a secure, reusable ID on their phone.
Greece Moves Ahead with Biometric Border Management System
Greece is planning to implement a biometric border management system that will record all crossings at ports, airports and border check points.
TikTok owner ByteDance to pay US privacy settlement
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay 92 million dollars in a settlementin a class-action lawsuit alleging the app failed to gain their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law.
Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson
Genetic testing company with 10 million customers’ data has ‘huge cybersecurity implications’