In a proposed rule issued Monday, the agency said it wants to broaden the pool of individuals whose data it can collect and ...

New Department of Homeland Security regulations in the United States will, beginning Dec. 26, require all non-citizens (including Canadians) to be photographed while entering or leaving the country.

A sweeping new proposed rule would expand both who must submit biometric data during immigration proceedings and the kinds of biometrics the agency can collect.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed sweeping new rules that would make it mandatory for all immigration ...

There has been a rather fervent acceleration in planned biometric data collection in recent months. If you’re not worried about it, you should be. In fact, silly as it sounds, try being more worried ...

“Generally, DHS plans to use the biometric information collected from children for identity management in the immigration ...

In its first-ever Congressional hearing, TikTok successfully dodged questions about what it plans to do with the biometric data its privacy policy permits it to collect on the app's U.S. users. In an ...

Canada will be joining many other countries around the world in collecting biometric data such as electronic fingerprints and photographs of visitors. The country has been working on a biometrics ...

The federal government's move to expand its power to collect biometric information on visitors to Canada is giving rise to privacy concerns and calls for closer scrutiny. But Prime Minister Stephen ...

The federal government's plan to increase its collection of biometric data from visitors to Canada has been met with concern, but the practice is already a large part of our day-to-day lives.