Ring to stop allowing police to request videos from security cameras

Ring, a home security camera company owned by Amazon, said that it would stop letting police departments request users footage in…

Tender for voters surveillance cancelled after EC intervenes

The National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated has cancelled its tender seeking surveillance equipment for monitoring…

Philippine military ordered to stop using AI apps due to security risks

The Philippine defence chief has ordered all defence personnel and the 163,000-member military to refrain from using digital…

British MPs and peers call for immediate stop to live facial recognition surveillance

Dozens of cross-party MPs and peers have joined a campaign for animmediate stop to the use of live facial recognition…

Queenslands AI-driven traffic surveillance faces scrutiny for faulty penalties and suspensions

In recent developments, Queenslands camera-based Traffic Offense Detection Program is under scrutiny after acknowledging an…

Feds warn healthcare industry about security risks from integrated online tracking

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are cautioning…

India study shows half fine with surveillance, one-fifth unaware

A report on surveillance technology in India has uncovered a high level of public support for certain forms of government…

Amazon to pay more than $30 million to settle FTC privacy complaints over Alexa and Ring

Amazon has agreed to pay more than $30 million to settle two federal lawsuits alleging that the tech giant violated users privacy…

US Supreme Court leaves warrantless camera surveillance an open book

The US Supreme Court has refused to hear a petition to review the legality of warrantless surveillance from a camera placed on a…

Top French court backs AI-powered surveillance cameras for Paris Olympics

France's top constitutional court has backed the use of AI-powered surveillance cameras for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics but…

India okays 22 financial entities to perform Aadhaar biometric authentication

Twenty-two financial institutions have been granted the right to perform authentication using the Aadhaar biometric ID, in line…

US airport gets self-serve biometric screeners

The US Transportation and Safety Administration (TSA) has installed its first automated biometric screeners at the busy Baltimore…