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Tiktok's new privacy policy lets it collect your biometric data, including 'faceprints and voiceprints'
TikTok's policy could potentially let it collect most US users' biometric data without their consen…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Amazon wants your palm prints. But lawmakers are asking why.
In a letter sent to Amazon, Senators Amy Klobuchar, Jon Ossof, and Bill Cassidy questioned the comp…
Yoonji Han
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Elon Musk's X wants to collect users' biometric data and education history, an upcoming privacy policy update shows
Elon Musk's X unveiled a new privacy policy due to go into effect on September 29, which includes p…
Pete Syme
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Instagram could face up up to $500 billion in fines in class-action lawsuit alleging it illegally harvested biometric data
Last month, Facebook offered $650 million to settle a similar lawsuit claiming it collected biometr…
Aaron Holmes
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An Australian worker won a landmark privacy case against his employer after he was fired for refusing to use a fingerprint scanner
According to cybersecurity firm Norton, biometrics are used to "measure a person's physical charact…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Nine years later, 80% of Indians are still not convinced the world’s largest biometric ID system is secure
A survey conducted by Velocity MR, a market research and analysis company, concluded that eight …
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Now RBI Wants Aadhaar Validation For Card-based Transactions
Aadhaar is
finally getting its teeth into key financial transactions, going by the central
bank’s t…
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And now, Aadhaar-enabled smartphones for easy verification and money transfer
In July, senior executives of UIDAI and smartphone companies met to discuss ways to allow smartphon…
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Database completely secure, UIDAI assures
The authority has said the reported breach was a one-off incident, in which an employee working wit…
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LVMH collects people's facial scans without asking when they use its virtual try-on tool for glasses, lawsuit claims
Luxury goods retailer LVMH collected biometric data from customers that tried on its virtual glasse…
Jyoti Mann
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Apple Is Considering Storing Your Fingerprints In iCloud
Touch ID is the name of Apple's biometric verification tool. It was introduced with the iPhone 5S a…
Rob Price
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Not easy to crack Aadhaar encryption code! Would require the most powerful computer to do that
Suppose the data is stolen or lost, the encryption would prevent access to the biometrics as it wou…
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Facebook is being sued for amassing the largest facial recognition data stash in the world
The lawsuit alleges that this facial recognition program violates the privacy of its users, citing …
Cale Guthrie Weissman
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WhatsApp is adding eye, fingerprint, and face scanning - but says it won't have any access to biometric data
At present, to use WhatsApp Web or Desktop users have to link it up to their phone account by scann…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Lawsuit argues Amazon illegally surveilled NYC customers including tracking their body size. Here's why Amazon Go stores are watching you.
Amazon Go stores, which have no cashiers, track customers as they shop. A New York lawsuit alleges …
Aidan Pollard
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The IRS will not force you to pay your taxes online by sending off a selfie for facial recognition
The IRS will ask taxpayers to complete "virtual interviews" with agents if they don't want to submi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The Taliban seized US military equipment that could identify Afghans who assisted coalition forces
Afghan allies of coalition forces may be identified by the Taliban using face, iris, and fingerprin…
Morgan Keith
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Hackers stole 5.6 million fingerprints from the US government
"Depending on whose hands the fingerprints come into, they could be used for criminal or counterint…