European Parliament will vote on a proposed amendment to Article 5 of the Artificial Intelligence Act, which seeks to bar the use of live facial recognition technology on public streets.
Ministers say exceptional security needed but rights groups warn new law could extend police powers permanently.
OECD countries adopted the first agreement on safeguarding privacy when accessing personal data for national security and law enforcement purposes.
European Commission wears ‘velvet gloves’ when dealing with spyware used on citizens, says chief of inquiry on hacking software such as Pegasus.
Facial recognition cameras have scanned the faces of more than 125,000 people in London in a little over a year, but resulted in just nine arrrests.
Study says deployment of technology in public by Met and South Wales police failed to meet standards.
Efforts to outlaw the use of AI cameras to scan and identify people’s faces in public spaces are gaining traction.
Consumer group says use of technology at major retailers is ‘completely inappropriate and unnecessary’.
The Council is calling for new rules on with “on the spot” biometric ID checks with mobile fingerprint readers and face scanners.
MIT researchers developed a novel privacy-preserving protocol that could enable an algorithm that provides recommendations to guarantee a user’s privacy.
Tinder is introducing a tool to let users run background checks on prospective dates.
The popular Beijing-based app has “carte blanche” in gathering users’ data, cypersecurity experts say.