San Francisco faces hearing for summary judgment in protestor surveillance...
Civil rights nonprofits this Friday will ask for a summary judgment in a lawsuit against the City and County of... The post San Francisco faces hearing for summary judgment in protestor surveillance...
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Lovelace Institute calls for stiff regulation covering biometric data in US
UK-based tech research and advocacy organization The Ada Lovelace Institute has posted a critique of biometrics oversight in America, written by a privacy advocate, and finds the biggest regulatory...
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Attorneys, digital rights advocates want facial recognition process open to...
Two digital rights groups and a defendants’ rights association are arguing in a New Jersey court that evidence discovery in a criminal case should include the defense’s ability to see aspects of...
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US biometric surveillance database reaches 10,000 data points
A privacy advocate's database counting the United States government bodies that surveil citizens' biometric identifiers reportedly now has 9,850 data points. The Atlas of Surveillance, created by the...
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California skeptic of facial recognition use by cops now sees an opportunity
The state of California's three-year moratorium on police use of facial biometrics surveillance using body cams (AB1215) quietly ended in January. A new bill liberalizing use of the systems has been...
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AVPA responds to EFF report on age verification
As more U.S. states consider laws to require proof of age before accessing websites with a certain level of content considered harmful to children, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) issued a...
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Civil society groups warn about EU Digital ID Wallet privacy, discrimination...
The European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet is about to create an “unprecedented” risk for Europeans in their online and offline life unless privacy and anti-discrimination safeguards are introduced,...
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Texas, Mexico plan biometric surveillance network. Privacy advocates are...
Mexico has begun building a 20-story biometric surveillance hub on its border with the United States. Designs call for a sleek, glass tower in Ciudad Juarez, topped with a helipad, linked to...
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US privacy advocates want federal government to slow its roll on mobile...
Who lit the fire under the U.S. Transportation Security Administration? That's what four prominent civil liberties organizations want to know. The TSA, which is responsible for many facets of travel...
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Biometric surveillance options increase for US police
Proving that it is not always good to be right, public and private video surveillance is gaining critical mass in U.S. cities and towns, just as privacy advocates have warned. Sensors over highways,...
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