Suzanne Smalley reports: Lawmakers in the European Union’s Parliament on Tuesday voted to greenlight a proposal which would allow Europol to expand data sharing and biometric data collection as part of its effort to fight human trafficking and migrant smuggling. Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE), which approved the package, will now send the proposal to a full…
DHS offers “disturbing new excuses” to seize kids’ biometric data, expert says
Ashley Belanger reports: Civil and digital rights experts are horrified by a proposed rule change that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to collect a wide range of sensitive biometric data on all immigrants, without age restrictions, and store that data throughout each person’s “lifecycle” in the immigration system. If adopted, the rule change would allow…
California Adds Injunctive Relief to its Right of Publicity Statute and Extends Liability to Digital Replicas
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On October 10, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 683 (“SB 683”) (the “Act”), amending California’s Right of Publicity statute, California Civil Code Section 3344 (“Section 3344”) to add injunctive relief to the available remedies and extend liability to cover digital replicas. Section 3344 applies to any individual or business that…
DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
Joseph Cox reports: “Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has publicly released an app that Sheriff Offices, police departments, and other local or regional law enforcement can use to scan someone’s face as part of immigration enforcement, 404 Media has learned. The news follows Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) use of another internal Department of Homeland…