Mumbai: Stock exchanges will expand the enhanced surveillance measure (ESM) framework from August 13 to include mainboard companies with a market capitalisation of up to ‘1,000 crore. Previously, the ESM framework applied only to companies with a market capitalisation of less than ‘500 crore. To address volatility in smallcap stocks, ESM mechanism was introduced in … Read more
Photo: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times With airlines expecting this to be the busiest summer travel season ever, millions of passengers will likely experience the Transportation Security Administration’s facial recognition technology for the first time. Flyers could also be unaware that they can opt out of having their photo taken by a security officer. … Read more
Dozens of civil rights organizations had been urging Democrats (some of whom had puzzlingly signed off on those changes) to sink the bill, arguing that the changes were both “immensely significant and unacceptable.” The new text, engineered to appease conservative lobbyists representing the interests of big business, omitted, for instance, a key section referencing “civil … Read more
Law enforcement in Kansas recorded the front of a man’s home for 68 days straight, 15 hours a day, and obtained evidence to prove him guilty on 16 charges. The officers did not have a search warrant, using a camera on a pole positioned across the street to capture Bruce Hay’s home. A federal court … Read more
Electrical engineer Gilbert Herrera was appointed research director of the US National Security Agency in late 2021, just as an AI revolution was brewing inside the US tech industry. The NSA, sometimes jokingly said to stand for No Such Agency, has long hired top math and computer science talent. Its technical leaders have been early … Read more
Airbnb will start banning the use of indoor security cameras in all listings globally at the end of next month, the company announced Monday. The goal of the policy shift, the company said, is to “simplify our policy on security cameras” while continuing “to prioritize the privacy of our community.” The revised policy also comes … Read more
Airbnb will soon ban hosts from watching their guests with indoor security cameras, as the company is reversing course on its surveillance policies. As of April 30, hosts around the world must remove indoor cameras and disclose other outdoor monitoring tech to guests before they book. Airbnb previously allowed hosts to install security cameras in … Read more
San Francisco made history in 2019 when its Board of Supervisors voted to ban city agencies including the police department from using face recognition. About two dozen other US cities have since followed suit. But on Tuesday San Francisco voters appeared to turn against the idea of restricting police technology, backing a ballot proposition that … Read more
The RCMP has been quietly using private surveillance companies to trawl through social media accounts and “publicly available” information on the internet since at least 2015, a new report by Canada’s privacy watchdog reveals. And the national police force is rejecting the federal privacy commissioner’s recommendations on making their use of “third-party” surveillance vendors more … Read more
A recent change to a single clause in a UK criminal justice law will soon allow police or the National Crime Agency to run facial recognition searches on a database of 50 million driver’s license holders in the country, in addition to social media images and surveillance images. UK officers have recently taken to using … Read more
