São Paulo subway facial recognition system slammed over user data security and privacy
A new surveillance system is deemed “inefficient and dangerous” as it fails to protect the personal information of 4 million […]
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Coronavirus opens door to company surveillance of workers
Privacy advocates warn of a slippery slope toward “normalizing” new levels of employer surveillance. Employers are rushing to use digital […]
Bill to Ban Face Surveillance Introduced in US Congress
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) […]
The CNIL Can’t Legally Forbid Cookie Walls Under GDPR
France’s highest administrative court has ruled that the country’s data protection authority, the CNIL, does not have the right to […]
Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan […]
EU to pay 300 million EUR for face and fingerprint recognition
The European Union has awarded a major contract for a new fingerprint and face recognition system. A consortium consisting of […]
PwC facial recognition tool criticised for home working privacy invasion
Accounting giant PwC has come under fire for the development of a facial recognition tool that logs when employees are […]
Attorney General pens letters to Apple, Google urging them to protect consumer privacy on COVID-19 tracing apps
Attorney General Letitia James is calling on two major tech companies to protect consumer information and privacy as New Yorkers […]
Norway pulls its coronavirus contacts-tracing app after privacy watchdog’s warning
One of the first national coronavirus contacts-tracing apps to be launched in Europe is being suspended in Norway after the […]
Amazon Bans Police Use of Its Face Recognition for a Year
Amazon on Wednesday banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to […]
IBM ends all facial recognition business
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna announced that the company would no longer sell facial recognition services, calling for a “national dialogue” […]
Critical Vulnerability Could Have Allowed Hackers to Disrupt Traffic Lights
A critical vulnerability affecting traffic light controllers made by SWARCO could have been exploited by hackers to disrupt a city’s […]