Entries tagged with: Biometrics
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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...
US to Retain Biometric Database on Iraqis
According to Wired, although the war in Iraq is officially over US Central Command will retain a massive database with retinal scans, thumb prints, religious affiliation, as well as other personal data on millions of Iraqis. In 2007, EPIC, Privacy...
EPIC, Coalition Seeks Investigation of New FBI ID Program and "Secure Communities"
A coalition of civil liberties and civil rights organizations have asked the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to investigate the FBI's Next Generation Identification program, a "billion-dollar initiative to create the world's largest biometric database." The 70 organizations,...
FTC Announces Workshop on Facial Recognition Technology
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it will host a workshop on December 8, 2011, on the privacy and security issues raised by the increasing use of facial recognition technology. Facial recognition technology has been used by Facebook to build...
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...
Busted Biometric Traveler ID May Return to US Airports
"Clear," the flawed airport security program that gathered biometric data on hundreds of thousands of travelers before the company went bankrupt, may return with a new operator. The assets of Verified Identity Pass -- including the fingerprints and iris patterns...
Congressional Leaders Press Obama on Privacy Board
Chairman Bennie Thompson and twenty members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama seeking the immediate nomination of members to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The Privacy Board was active during the Bush Administration,...
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...
EPIC Urges Increased Privacy for "Global Entry" Registered Traveler Program
On January 19, EPIC filed comments with the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), urging the agency to “to revise its establishment of the Global Entry program and to reconsider the privacy and security implications of the program.” CBP proposed...
Congress Begins Hearings on the "Trouser Bomber" and Intelligence Reform
The Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security opened hearings today on airline security and the intelligence failure on December 25. Questions about privacy and civil liberties were raised frequently by senators. Specifically, senators asked about the...
Global Entry
Concerning Registered Air Travel Background | Global Entry and Privacy | Related Resources | News Reports Latest News : () Background The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has proposed to make permanent a program called "Global Entry." Global...
DHS Announces "Global Entry" Biometric Identification System for U.S. Airports
Today, the Department of Homeland Security proposed to make permanent Global Entry, a program the agency says will “streamline the international arrivals and admission process at airports for trusted travelers through biometric identification.” Under the proposed system, pre-registered international travelers...
Senate Judiciary Committee Considers National Biometric Identification System
Senator Schumer (D-NY) is proposing a new system to track all US workers to determine employment eligibility. The plan for the employment verifiability system involves the collection of biometric information. The Department of Homeland Security would approve or disapprove individuals...
Biometric Identifiers
Background | News Items | Resources | Previous Top News Latest News/Events : () U.S. Now Collects All 10 Fingerprints of Foreign Visitors. Under border control system US-VISIT, the Department of Homeland Security will begin collecting a full set...
