Biometric building access controls (i.e., “smart access” technologies) have become increasingly popular among residential and commercial property managers for the enhanced security benefits that these ...

In three weeks time, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will have the right to your DNA.  That’s not a hyperbole. A new ...

Biometric building access controls have become increasingly popular among security-minded residential and commercial property managers, but the legal risks of collecting and using this data are ...

Smart homes, with their promise of convenience and comfort, have become a staple in modern living. However, recent findings indicate that these digital abodes might be collecting and storing biometric ...

Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to the state of Texas in order to resolve a lawsuit that accused the company of illegally using facial recognition technology. The suit alleges that Meta used this ...

In an era of increasing digitalization, our personal data is routinely processed by a plethora of applications. This trend has magnified concerns about the mishandling of biometric data by apps, ...

Candid Color Systems Inc., based in Oklahoma, faces a class action lawsuit for its alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Candid ...

An employee scans the eyes of a woman for biometric data needed to apply for a passport, at the passport office in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021. Over two decades, the United States and its allies spent ...

On Monday, grocery shoppers were greeted by this sign, as the doors automatically opened and closed at the Vernon ShopRite. It says “Attention Customers: biometric identifier information collected at ...

Companies can now accrue stunning amounts of intimate data about their employees’ bodies. Some might collect biometric data such as fingerprints and retina scans as part of efforts to improve security ...

NEW YORK — Starting next month, X's updated privacy policy will entitle it to collect some users' biometric data and other personal information. Under the revised policy, which takes effect September ...