The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has a five-year statute of limitations. The decision is the result of a proposed class action lawsuit against […]

In the US, the regulatory environment for biometrics and privacy has been evolving rapidly in recent months. And now that Madison Square Gardens CEO James Dolan has provoked a new […]

A wave of privacy-focused legislative efforts is sweeping across America, and it includes measures aimed at biometric data specifically. In Mississippi, the state legislature has proposed House Bill 467, the […]

Clearview AI‘s facial recognition database now has 30 billion images, according to CEO Hoan Ton-That. It’s the latest illustration of the platform’s rapid – and massive – scaling, with Clearview […]

What are the Project Nimbus protests really about? Earlier this month, employees of Google and Amazon took to the streets to protest their employers’ work with the Israeli government through […]

The GAO’s Rebecca Gambler credited the CBP for making progress in its audit program, and for posting privacy notices for the public at border checkpoints. US Customs and Border Protection […]

Some major Western companies may be using controversial facial recognition technology from Russia’s NTech Lab, according to a new report from Business Insider. NTech Lab’s FindFace was designed to match […]

A new US digital identity bill is steadily making its way through Congress. The “Improving Digital Identity Act” has been reviewed by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and […]

Chinese ride-hailing app Didi has been fined $1.2 billion by state regulators for data privacy and security violations, complicating Western political narratives that have led to warnings about China-made apps […]