What Facebook’s $550M settlement teaches us about the future of facial recognition
In January, plaintiffs and Facebook reached the largest privacy settlement in U.S. history. Facebook agreed to settle for $550 million […]
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Fine for processing students’ fingerprints imposed on a school
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office imposed a fine of PLN 20 000 in connection with the breach […]
Police keeping drink-driver’s DNA breached his rights, Human Rights Court rules
UK police who indefinitely retained in their records the DNA profile of a man convicted of drink-driving breached his human […]
European parliament says it will not use facial recognition tech
Statement comes after leaked memo on use of technology in security provoked outcry The European parliament has insisted it has […]
Facial recognition fails in China as people wear masks to avoid coronavirus
Face ID fails users as the China coronavirus outbreak sparks widespread adoption of surgical masks. For hundreds of millions of […]
EU seeks ‘clear criteria’ for use of biometric AI on mass scale
There should be “clear criteria” in the future mass-scale rollout of Biometric Identification Systems in the EU, a recently leaked […]
London police to deploy live facial recognition cameras
The Metropolitan police has announced that it will begin the operational use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology. The cameras […]
Why your palm could be safer than fingerprints or facial recognition?
Amazon and Apple both have patents for palm scanners and Chinese startups have already started using the tech in locks […]
Carrefour’s fingerprint payments to be investigated by Belgian privacy agency
The Belgian Data Protection Authority has stated that there is “a good chance” it will investigate Carrefour’s fingerprint payment system. […]
UK looks to replace passwords with biometric technology to reduce NHS login time
The U.K. government is investing £40 million (USD$52 million) in multi-factor authentication technology to upgrade NHS staff computer login system […]
Study finds consumers would choose biometric authentication over passwords
Passwords are a double-edged sword: they are meant to protect information, but they are also frustrating with so many to […]
Fight against facial recognition hits wall across the West
The result is an impasse that has left tech companies largely in control of where and how to deploy facial […]