Leisure articles
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Extra Extra: Girls just wanna have feminine leisure
Because liberation is overrated, here are your afternoon links: DJ Mister Cee dies, ranking cold brews, a dead humpback whale in New Jersey, and more from around the city and internet. [ more › ]
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New US Passport App Removes Friction Amid Business-Leisure Travel Shifts
The cost of skipping long airport queues is set to increase due a hike in fees for expedited security programs, according to a recent press release by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), but a passport app may help. Effective from Oct. 1, the fee for the Global Entry program, for instance, will rise from $100 to […]
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Leisure centres scrap biometric systems to keep tabs on staff amid UK data watchdog clampdown
Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendanceDozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial recognition technology and fingerprint scanning used to monitor staff attendance after a clampdown by the UK’s data watchdog.In February, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ordered a Serco subsidiary to stop using biometrics to monitor the attendance of staff at leisure...