Entries tagged with: Biometric ID
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EPIC Sues FBI to Obtain Details of Massive Biometric ID Database
EPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the FBI to obtain documents about "Next Generation Identification", a massive database with biometric identifiers on millions of Americans. The EPIC lawsuit follows the FBI's failure to respond to EPIC's...
The "Green Card" or Permanent Resident Card
Summary | Resources | News Items | Related EPIC Policy Pages | Latest News : () Summary On May 11, 2010 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new Permanent Resident Card, commonly known as the “Green...
EPIC Files Complaint, Urges Investigation of Facebook's Facial Recognition Techniques
Today EPIC, and several privacy organizations, filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about Facebook's automated tagging of Facebook users. EPIC alleged that the service was unfair and deceptive and urged the FTC to require Facebook to suspend the...
National Academies Releases New Report on Biometrics
The National Academy of Sciences has released a report entitled "Biometric Recognition: Challenges and Opportunities." The report concluded that biometric recognition technologies are inherently probabilistic and inherently fallible. Sources of uncertainty in biometric systems include variation within persons, sensors, feature...
US Withdrawal from Iraq Raises Questions about Future of Biometric Database
President Obama's address on the end of the combat mission in Iraq has left open the question of what will happen to the massive biometric databases on Iraqis, assembled by the United States, during the course of the conflict. In...
Worker ID Card
Summary | Resources | News Items | Latest News : () Summary On March 19, 2010, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) published an op-Ed in the Washington Post co-authored with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) outlining his vision for comprehensive immigration...
Worker Biometric ID Under Consideration in US
Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham have proposed a new national identity card. The Senators would require that "all U.S. citizens and legal immigrants who want jobs" obtain a "high-tech, fraud-proof Social Security card" with a unique biometric identifier. The...
