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Tariq Saeed Allay: In this era of evolving communication, we are at the forefront of a groundbreaking phenomenon known as effective communication

Sharjah award features 31 categories, 17 global and 14 targeting the Arab world

SHARJAH, 24th May, 2023 (WAM) -- Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, the Sharjah Government Media Bureau (SGMB) has announced that submissions are now open for the tenth edition of the Sharjah Government Communication Award (SGCA) until 15th August. The first-of-its-kind award aims to draw in communication trailblazers and visionaries from diverse fields, both within the local domain and on a regional and internat...

Around 1,000 monuments will be handed over to the private sector entities under the Monument Mitra Scheme, informed Govind Mohan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Culture on Wednesday

The Atlantic Vaccine passports, explained April 1, 2021 Vaccine passports are almost certainly in our near future. But what are they exactly? And with concerns about vaccine equity now complicated by partisan fear mongering, how should they be implemented? Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist with NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine who’s spent years thinking about vaccine ethics, joins James Hamblin and Maeve Higgins on the podcast Social Distance to explain. Listen to their conversation here: Subs...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Seyfarth Synopsis: Both Portland and New York City have followed the example set by Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), a statute that has spawned thousands of cookie-cutter class action suits regarding the alleged collection of biometric information. Like BIPA, these new ordinances create a private right of action for individuals that could subject local businesses to potentially millions of dollars in liabili...

. . . cause of action against the Private Entity . . . for damages sustained as a result of the violation or $1,000 per day for each day of violation, whichever is greater and such other remedies as may be appropriate . . . [and] a court may award to the plaintiff who prevails . . . a reasonable amount . . . [of] attorney fees . . . .” Facial recognition technologies—like other emerging biometric technologies—can be useful business tools. These programs match a human face from a digi...

Portland, Oregon’s Facial Recognition Ordinance Goes Into Effect January 1, 2021 Companies that do business in Portland, Oregon may need to add one more item to their holiday to-do list: disable face recognition technologies in Portland. Portland’s new ordinance, which goes into effect on January 1, broadly prohibits the use of face recognition technologies by private entities in places of public accommodation. Violators can be sued and are subject to damages and other relief, including st...