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…
Category: Surveillance
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.
Equilibrium between security and privacy: new report on encryption
A new report by the EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security looks into how to uphold citizens’ privacy while enabling criminal investigation and prosecution Encryption represents an important means of securing private communications. However, at the same time, it also enables threat actors to manage their malicious activities below the radar of law enforcement. Understanding…
New Jersey Doubles Down on Keeping Baby Blood, Parents Vow to Continue Lawsuit
Dan King reports: New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the New Jersey Department of Health doubled down on their unconstitutional policy of keeping blood drawn from every baby born in the state. A group of New Jersey parents, who filed a class action lawsuit against the state, announced they will fight on until the policy…