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The Washington State House of Representatives and the Senate have reached an agreement on new legislation regulating the use of facial recognition technology. Under the newly-passed Senate Bill 6280 — which the lawmakers are calling “one of the first and most comprehensive laws to regulate facial recognition technology in the nation” — facial recognition technologies […]
Joining forces with tech giants IBM and Microsoft, the Vatican has added its voice to those calling for the regulation of facial recognition technologies while also stressing the importance of the ethical development of artificial intelligence (AI). The unlikely trio said that AI should consider human rights, operate transparently, and work reliably and without bias […]
The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, has released a report outlining its plans to regulate the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector, adding to and expanding on the Commission’s aims to better prepare Europe for the digital age. The announcement came via the Commission’s release of its latest report, titled “White Paper on Artificial Intelligence: A […]
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) — a public research center focusing on privacy issues and based in Washington, DC — has filed a petition with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish fair trade practices with regards to the commercial use of artificial intelligence (AI). As Forbes reports, EPIC’s petition stems from a charge […]
The Biometrics Institute has released new privacy guidelines for any and all organizations operating in the biometrics space. The universal guidelines are specifically written to ensure that biometrics researchers, manufacturers, and operators know how to handle people’s personal information responsibly. While the Institute generally updates its privacy guidelines every two years, this is the first […]
The final deadline for compliance with the European Union’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is coming up in September of 2019. However, a new report from the Aite Group and iovation suggests that most payment services providers are not prepared. And those that do comply are expected to turn to some form of biometric authentication. […]
Earlier this month, the company behind Timehop, a social media ‘time capsule’ app that shows users their older posts, revealed that it had suffered a data breach affecting 21 million users. And while the attack was not particularly exceptional as far as data breaches go, it nevertheless offers some food for thought, as FIDO Alliance […]
With the European Union’s big new privacy and data protection regulations now in place, EU citizens are now equipped with greater security than ever. But these protections aren’t watertight, with one particular flaw in the PSD2 regulation coming under BioCatch‘s magnifying glass. In a new blog post, the company points out that under PSD2 third-party […]
“Like other recent EU regulations including the GDPR and PSD2 requirements, the proposed regulation could be a boon to the region’s biometrics industry, both by establishing a need for compliance solutions, and by strengthening the ties between biometrics and official documentation.” The European Commission has issued a new set of proposals aimed at bolstering security […]
As the European Commission and the European Banking Authority consider the issue of screen scraping in the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) regulations, the FIDO Alliance is arguing against the practice. Screen scraping refers to the practice of allowing third parties to access users’ bank accounts using their username and password credentials. The EBA had […]
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