The New South Wales government is rolling out new facial recognition technology in the state’s prisons in a bid to accelerate identity enrolment and verification for those entering and...
Australia’s privacy regulator has opened investigations into Bunnings and Kmart centred on the retailers’ use of facial recognition on customers. Preliminary inquiries have also commenced into the Good Guys...
The Good Guys will “pause” its use of facial recognition technology following an investigation and subsequent complaint to the privacy regulator by a consumer group. But Bunnings and Kmart...
Microsoft is ending access for new customers to its facial analysis capabilities immediately and is restricting access to its facial recognition technology as the company introduced upgraded responsible AI...
Australia’s privacy watchdog will likely investigate Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys after a consumer group uncovered the retailers’ use of facial recognition technology on customers. It comes after...
Mastercard’s “smile to pay” system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being trialled in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the...
Amendments to the federal government’s highly controversial facial recognition database legislation were referred to the powerful national security committee nearly two years ago but an inquiry has yet to be...
Despite the necessary legislation not having been passed, the federal government is “streamrolling” ahead with its plan to launch a national facial recognition database and is already on the...
Former Australian Human Rights Commissioner Ed Santow is leading the development of a “model law” for facial recognition technology in Australia, warning the current absence is allowing the technology...
The Australian Federal Police breached privacy rules in its use of a controversial facial recognition tool by not properly assessing the risks of using the technology, the national privacy...