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New York City is testing a new application to analyze video streams of city streets to glean data about pedestrian traffic patterns. City planning officials say that data illustrating the flow of people can offer several advantages, from helping small businesses scout new locations to enabling the sanitation department to anticipate demand for trash pick-ups, the article reports.

An intruder stole a vendor's credentials that were used to access Target's system and cause its massive security breach last year.

A state court judge struck down a Pennsylvania law requiring that voters to show photo identification at the polls.

The California State Senate is considering a bill to prohibit law enforcement agencies in California from selling data collected by automatic license plate readers.

Identity theft is already a serious problem—the No. 1 complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, and tax-related identity theft is a growing part of this crime spree.

Architects and Engineers in Texas are now required to be fingerprinted each year under a new law that went into effect on Jan. 1.

To most people, the term “access control” refers to beeping key-card readers, little lights turning from red to green, doors unlocking and turnstiles opening, but access control also happens to be one of the most important duties that a security officer is tasked with.

The identity theft rate for children is 51 times higher than the rate for adults, according to new research. These long-term frauds can be devastating to a child's future, as a preexisting bad credit score can make it difficult to secure student loans, housing or a job. 

Biometric smartphones are expected to become mainstream this year as leading handset makers follow the lead of Apple into fingerprint recognition technology.