NYDFS Releases Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Guidance for Covered Entities
(JD Supra, Nov 26, 2024)
The Guidance Memo recommends that Covered Entities consider using technology with liveness detection or texture analysis, which can verify that the biometric input is from a live person. Other options to consider are combining one biometric input with another (for example both a fingerprint and iris recognition) or combining a biometric input with user keystrokes and navigational patterns.
Data on Health Apps Raises Privacy Concerns
(The Columbian, Nov 26, 2024)
Gaps in existing laws have allowed the widespread sharing of biometric and other body-related data. Health information provided to hospitals, doctors’ offices and medical insurance companies is protected from disclosure under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, which established federal standards protecting such information from release without the patient’s consent. But health data collected by many wearable devices and health and wellness apps don’t fall under HIPAA’s umbrella, said Suzanne Bernstein, counsel at Electronic Privacy Information Center.
New TSA Tech at PDX Secures ID Checks with Real-Time Photo Matching
(KATU 2 ABC, Nov 26, 2024)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at the Portland International Airport are now using photo-based facial matching technology. The new tech is able to confirm a flyer's identity by comparing a scan of their ID or passport to a real-time photo.
Goodbye Passports? The Airports Ditching Paper Documents for Technology
(Yahoo! News, Nov 26, 2024)
Singapore's Changi Airport is among the first to ditch the need for passports in favour of automated biometric checks using cameras - with governments around the world reportedly looking to make a similar change.
Bojangles Becomes Latest Corporation to Disclose Data Breach
(Winston-Salem Journal, Nov 26, 2024)
The two-page filing includes a list of the specific types of sensitive information that could have impacted, such as: Social Security number; driver’s license or other government issued ID card numbers (individual taxpayer ID number, passport number, military ID card number); financial account number or credit or debit card number; unique biometric data (fingerprint, retina or iris image, or other unique biometric representation); genetic information; and health record or records of a wellness program or similar program of health promotion or disease prevention.
