Novaes, Juliana. Private information in public spaces: Facial recognition in the times of smart urban governance. Abstract: Cities are the stage of a curious phenomenon in which people feel at the same time at home and like complete strangers. A city provides simultaneously the familiarity of its residents concerning places and people and the possibility…
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Other privacy news of note
Reclaim Your Face wants ban on biometric surveillance ahead of new laws: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AH0N2 Mass facial recognition is the apparatus of police states and must be regulated: https://edri.org/our-work/mass-facial-recognition-police-states/ Estonia- Government uses “secunet (facial recognition) easygates” at airports and border: https://www.secunet.com/en/products-solutions/easygate/ Germany- State Forbids Drivers From Wearing Masks, Sunglasses & Hats While Driving: https://laptrinhx.com/german-state-forbids-drivers-from-wearing-masks-sunglasses-hats-at-same-time-1397485627/ Greece- Government using facial…
Inside Privacy Audiocast: Episode 10 – Data Privacy Day 2021: Trends to Watch
Not everyone was discouraged on this year’s Data Privacy Day. Dan Cooper and Kurt Wimmer of Covington and Burling did a podcast on developments in 2020 and trends to watch this year. One of the points the always-optimistic Kurt makes is that the pandemic threw a wrench into moving forward on a slew of new…
EPIC Gives International Privacy Award to Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Shyam Divan
From EPIC.org: EPIC presented the 2021 International Privacy Champion Awards to Justice K.S. Puttaswamy, retired Justice of the Kamataka High Court and lead plaintiff in the case that established the constitutional right to privacy in India and challenged the country’s mandatory biometric data collection program Aadhaar, and Senior Advocate Shyam Divan who was the lead…