It has been the norm for biometric technologies to be driven by governmental authorities purportedly keen to control criminal and terrorist individuals, as well as to leverage medical, economic and technological benefits. However a new reverse type trend now seems to be taking root: the preference of consumers to willingly embrace the access of secure online sites, devices and information via biometrics.

According to Larry Barrett’s comments published by zdnet.com, “The relentless…

A deeply controversial global tax information sharing regime has been unveiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Inspired by a U.S. tax scheme that was adopted in 2010 known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, the scheme, whose key component would be information sharing among governments, would require the collection of sensitive personal information on individuals from banks and other financial institutions in their…

Fighting corruption with bumper stickers and public toilets: ambient accountability

Anti-corruption activists try to make those in power answerable to people. We call this accountability.

NGOs try to make “accountability” happen by training citizens to audit local government…