Vaccine Site Uses Credit History to Verify Patients’ Identities
AdvantageCare Physicians verifies identities by using information that shows up in people’s Experian credit histories.
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FAA Publishes Final Rule for Operating Drones Over People
The Federal Aviation Administration published the final rule for the operation of drones over people.
Advertisers scramble to plan for the uncertain ‘cookieless future’
It seems that resolving advertising’s identity crisis is like negotiating a maze and advertisers have no idea what waits for them at the end.
FTC Orders Photo App to Delete Algorithms Built on Personal Data
The proposed order requires the company to delete the facial recognition technologies it illegally developed using the photos and videos uploaded by its users.
Experian warns of facial recognition, synthetic ID fraud
The widespread shift to e-commerce and touchless payments has escalated fraud risk, including the possibility of fraudsters combining altered photos with synthetic ID.
UK competition watchdog opens probe into Google privacy changes
Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ plan to remove third party cookies from its Chrome browser is being probed by a regulator in the United Kingdom over concerns it would be anticompetitive.
He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World.
Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?
Intel launches RealSense ID camera system for on-device facial recognition
The system is designed to perform facial authentication on consumer-facing devices such as point-of-sale systems, ATMs and kiosks.
Facial recognition identifies people wearing masks
NEC developed the system in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Alphabet unit Wing blasts new U.S. drone ID rule, citing privacy
Alphabet Inc’s drone delivery unit Wing criticized Trump administration rules issued this week mandating broadcast-based remote identification of drones.
Police turn to car data to destroy suspects’ alibis
Looser privacy standards for vehicle data are a treasure chest of data for law enforcement.
Mobile Users Consented To Share Analytics Data With Developers, Google Argues
Google is urging a federal judge to dismiss claims that it violated mobile users’ privacy by sending analytics data about their web activity to outside developers.