Lawmakers in Washington have introduced the “Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act”, which would ban the government from using facial recognition and other biometric technologies. The bill is aimed […]

Amazon has acknowledged that it does not always ask for the consent of the owner when sharing Ring smart doorbell videos with law enforcement agencies. The tech giant made the […]

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has officially launched an investigation into Bunnings and Kmart Australia. In doing so, the agency is following up on a recommendation from […]

Myanmar’s junta government is working on deploying China-made biometric surveillance systems in multiple cities, according to a new Reuters report. Citing multiple anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter, Reuters […]

A multi-partisan group of British lawmakers is pushing the government to blacklist camera equipment from Hikvision and Dahua. The group is made up of 67 MPs and Lords from across […]

Just weeks after ordering state-controlled banks to hand over their customers’ biometric data, Russia’s government is now working to pass a law allowing them to do so. According to a […]

Scotland’s Biometrics Data Commissioner is asking the Criminal Justice Committee for more oversight over the country’s prisons. Commissioner Brian Plastow is specifically interested in the use of facial recognition technology […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking Apple and Google to delist TikTok from their respective app stores. TikTok is one of the most popular social media platforms in the […]

Do you trust the government with your personal information? That question is at the heart of many of the privacy debates that are currently playing out as more countries move […]

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) in India’s Haryana state is extending its biometric surveillance network. The Department has already installed 1,130 cameras at 212 locations throughout the city, and […]