Sony doesn't sell Aibo in Illinois because of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Sony doesn't sell Aibo in Illinois because of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act.
After championing it years before, state Sen. Terry Link of Vernon Hills sought to weaken Illinois' law safeguarding privacy of biometric identifiers such as facial features, fingerprints ...
A new patent shows how Alexa could derive ethnic origin and emotion by analyzing speech. Experts think the government could come after the resulting data.
Commentary: Capturing biometric data is questionable and largely unregulated. We should think twice before adding it to our smart homes.
Here is a guest post from Rowena Bonnette on How Biometric Authentication works - Biometrics are the ultimate security protocol. Using security coding that i…
There are very few things more personal than our faces.
Privacy risks inherent in the use of biometric identification are extreme. In the event of a data breach, you cannot reissue an iris or a fingerprint. As technologies become more advanced ...
RealNetworks is offering schools a new, free security tool: facial-recognition software. But as the technology moves further into public spaces, it's raising privacy concerns and calls for ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning the public to be on the lookout for scams that leverage fake government grants as lures.
Editor’s Note: After this post was published, Facebook provided more specific details about how their face recognition system works. The following post has been updated to include the ...
Iris recognition or iris scanning is the process of using visible and near-infrared light to take a high-contrast photograph of a person’s iris. It is a form of biometric technology in the ...
Many objected to the way the Aadhaar Bill was passed.49 The Aadhaar Act is now the current statutory backing for the Aadhaar identification system.50 The Act was updated in September, 2016 ...
Ten years ago, Illinois enacted a law that imposes important protections against companies collecting and storing our biometric information — including using facial recognition— without our ...