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 ...

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 ...

Amazon is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing the company of failing to comply with a New York City law requiring companies to notify consumers about their collection of biometric data. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Debates around protecting personal data, including biometrics, have intensified, as public and private entities increasingly deploy biometric technologies in contexts like policing, public spaces and ...