Kashmir Hill reports: A facial recognition start-up, accused of invasion of privacy in a class-action lawsuit, has agreed to a settlement, with a twist: Rather than cash payments, it would give a 23 percent stake in the company to Americans whose faces are in its database. Clearview AI, which is based in New York, scraped…
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Migration 5: The truth about the shadowy scheme to check identities
The independent research that informs this reporting was funded through a Fulbright scholarship undertaken at Georgetown University in Washington DC. The views and information do not represent the Fulbright Programme, the US government or the New Zealand Government. By Gill Bonnett of RNZ What started as a scheme to check the identities of a few thousand asylum…
Not to be cynical, but “secure check-in” is just a potential privacy or data security breach, isn’t it?
InterSystems and CLEAR Partner to Transform the Patient and Provider Experience with Enhanced Identity Verification Technology CLEAR Partners with Wellstar Health System to Launch Seamless and Secure Check-in Across Locations IRS defends use of biometric verification for online FOIA filers Thanks to Joe Cadillic for submitting the above items.
Vermont Governor Vetoes Comprehensive Data Privacy Bill
Gabby Miller reports: On Thursday, June 13, 2024, Vermont Governor Phil Scott vetoed one of the most comprehensive consumer privacy bills the US has seen to date. The Vermont Data Privacy Act (H.121), or “an act relating to enhancing consumer privacy and the age-appropriate design code,” will now return to the General Assembly, needing a…