Now the EU’s debated personal data rules are putting a damper on the police’s law enforcement. In a recent ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union prohibits police authorities throughout the EU from systematically “snooping” and collecting fingerprints on criminal suspects. The reason is the criminals’ “right to their personal data”. However, in... 

Americans are increasingly embracing Big Brother, according to a recent survey that found only one in four want restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by governments – a marked change from two months ago. Just one in four Americans want strict government limits on the use of biometric technology – with opposition shrinking further if such technology would help law enforcement,... 

Facebook’s misuse of their users’ biometric information could potentially amount to billions of dollars in damages after a federal judge greenlighted an Illinois class action suit against the firm’s facial recognition feature. Facebook violated an Illinois state law by improperly using their photo-scanning and facial recognition technologies and storing biometric data without their users’... 

Both Congress and the Department of Homeland Security have never justified the biometric scanners at airports that could cost Americans $1 billion in 2018. As TSA agents continue to prove their incompetence in the “War on Terror,” the Department of Homeland Security is now allocating $1 billion in taxpayer funding to create a facial recognition program that will illegally scan Americans’ faces. A...