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Coffee shop chain Starbucks has teamed up with tech giant Amazon to launch a biometric payment system in select locations. The system will utilize the Amazon One system that allows payments [...]

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase faces legal action over allegations that it collected and stored user biometric data.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok's chief executive faced tough questions on Thursday from lawmakers who are convinced the Chinese-owned short video app should be barred for being a potential national security threat to the United States. CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress capped a week of actions by the Chinese company aimed at convincing Americans and their lawmakers that the app creates economic value and supports free speech. TikTok, which has more than 150 million Americans...

Amazon is facing a new class-action lawsuit alleging that the company failed to disclose its use of facial recognition technology to customers of Amazon Go convenience stores in New York City.

Amazon is facing a new class-action lawsuit alleging that the company failed to disclose its use of facial recognition technology to customers of Amazon Go convenience stores in New York City.

Lensa, an app owned by Prisma Labs used to upload selfies that the app processes to generate artistic images of the user, is subject of putative class action brought under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA. Plaintiffs allege privacy policy omitted information.

The rollout of digital ID Fayda in Ethiopia could entrench discrimination against Tigrayans and other ethnic minorities, rights groups fear.

Our lawyers provide an overview of some of the most significant developments in cybersecurity and data privacy in the United States in 2022 and look ahead to trends for 2023.

Unique family identity cards to access welfare benefits in Indian Kashmir have raised concerns about surveillance and exclusion.

The potential failure of the US military to protect information that can identify Afghan citizens raises questions about whether and how biometric data should be collected in war zones.