The Department of Homeland Security is considering updates to how it verifies identity and conducts security threat ...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is moving forward with revisions to how it collects and manages identity ...

Critics warn that the plan would create an unprecedented surveillance architecture with inadequate safeguards and ...

Erie County legislators Lawrence Dupre (D) and Lindsay Lorigo (R) have proposed a law that would require entities to inform ...

A photo of a sign in the front of a Wegmans store in New York City is creating a lot of buzz, as shoppers question the company's biometric data collection. READ MORE, ...

Wegmans is starting to collect biometric information in some of its stores in New York City, but it’s unclear if the company is collecting that data in Western New York.

After learning Wegmans announced it was informing customers it was collecting biometric data, leaders in Erie County are calling for laws to prevent how the data is used.

Companies can now accrue stunning amounts of intimate data about their employees’ bodies. Some might collect biometric data such as fingerprints and retina scans as part of efforts to improve security ...