Biometrics entering wider use at work and at play
Government and business biometrics deployments to make employee time and attendance tracking more reliable lead a series of items about…
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Israel: Bosses can only collect biometrics if they heed worker privacy
Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority has published a small set of rules for employers using biometric scans to identify employees. Unlike…
BNSF Rail’s biometric data privacy case a pen stroke away from being history
Only a judge’s signature remains to settle one of the more storied biometric privacy lawsuits in the United States. A…
Kenya, Nigerian state turn to biometrics to halt public sector payroll fraud
Kenya’s Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria says the government plans to chase away “ghosts” from its public service through…
UK ICO issues warning on biometric employee tracking, guidance for businesses
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned community and fitness center operator Serco Leisure that facial recognition and fingerprint…
World Bank gives South Sudan $10M for biometrics to ID govt payroll thieves
A project funded by the World Bank to help clean up South Sudan’s public service payroll has officially rolled out….
European Parliament to trial fingerprint biometric attendance in line with EDPS opinions
The European Parliament will be upgrading its attendance system to use badge scanning and voluntary fingerprint biometrics, according to a…
US states keep whacking at biometric privacy laws
This year could be a big one for state-level biometric privacy legislation in the U.S. Illinois’ landmark BIPA could be…
Chinese hardware raises biometric data security concerns in India, Scotland
Computer chips and cameras from China have sparked fresh data security worries two continents. Indian security officials have been probing…
Appellate court says insurers in BIPA case not liable; 2 more insurers file lawsuits
Court battles between defendants and their insurers in U.S. biometric data privacy cases are not common and don’t get the…
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