biometric data
Senators Quiz Amazon Over Palm Scanning Payment Technology
The privacy-invading tech is facing some scrutiny.
How Vaccine Passports Are Crushing Freedom, Privacy, and Civil Liberties
A primer on how powerful institutions are ushering in this invasive tech.
Local Authorities Around the World Have Their Eye on Implementing Digital IDs
Expect a big push this year.
China Wants a Digital Data Bank of All Faces and Fingerprints
More mass surveillance.
Facebook Faces Privacy Lawsuit, Alleging Instagram Was Accessing Phone Cameras When Not in Use
It’s far from the first privacy accusation against Facebook.
Vimeo Sued for Allegedly Building Biometric Database of Faces
The lawsuit against Vimeo has been filed by Bradley Acaley from Illinois who claims that this kind of biometric data collection and building face prints of users is without permission
UK Lawmakers Call for Police to Stop Using Face Recognition Tech
The news comes as the Home Secretary called for increased testing of face recognition technology to fight crime.
AirlinePrivacy.Com Launches to Draw Attention to Airline Facial Recognition Tech
People are starting to pay attention to facial recognition at airports.
Big Tech Is Easily Evading GDPR Laws
GDPR hasn’t had the impact that many thought that it would have.
India Proposes “the Most Sophisticated ID Program” on the Planet, to Include a Citizen’s Facebook, Twitter and Biometric Data
An unnamed government official has been cited as saying that the goal of the reported initiative was “to maintain the balance between an individual’s need for privacy while ensuring we don’t encourage negative things on the internet.”