FACIAL RECOGNITION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: THE POLICY LANDSCAPE

In the United States, California, New Hampshire, and Oregon have passed laws banning the use of facial recognition on police body cameras , and some local police departments have formal or informal policies with similar prohibitions.

In the United Kingdom, the London Metropolitan police is required to post online where facial recognition will be used before deployment, to place signs in and around areas where the technology is used, and to make officers available to talk to the public about facial recognition.

[ > German Marshall Fund of the United States — February 3, 2021 ]

DATA PSEUDONYMISATION: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND USE CASES

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– An overview of the basic scenarios, pseudonymization techniques and policies.

– A presentation of  a number of advanced pseudonymization techniques , including asymmetric encryption, ring signatures, chaining mode, Merkle trees, pseudonyms with proof of ownership, secure multiparty computation and secret sharing schemes.

– An analysis of the pseudonymization techniques and application scenarios in  the area of ​​healthcare and cybersecurity.

[ > European Union Agency for Cybersecurity — January 28, 2021 ]