Mayor of Nice calls for deployment of facial recognition following Stade de France clashes
The Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi called for the deployment of facial recognition technologies to prevent situations similar to the…
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Regulation and safeguards for facial recognition pondered in France, China, and Jamaica
The local government of Nice, France has been trialling biometric facial recognition software after deploying more than 2,600 CCTV cameras,…
Covering your face to avoid facial recognition could result in fines in England and France
London’s Metropolitan Police have fined a man £90 (US$118) after he declined to participate in a trial of the force’s…
Europe’s ‘Wild West’ of facial recognition testing spurs call for responsible AI oversight
A peer-reviewed study published in Data & Policy by legal scholar Karen Yeung of the University of Birmingham, and Wenlong…
Age estimation at the shop, age verification online: France laws tested with questions
In France, age assurance tools are showing up online and at retail vendors selling age restricted products, prompting questions from…
Is this the perfect use case for police facial recognition?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner As another report on facial recognition technology is published, picture…
Hungary called out for plan to use facial recognition for LGBTQ+ surveillance
Seventeen EU countries have called on Hungary to revise measures they believe contravenes fundamental values of the European Union including…
Canadian police expand use of facial recognition with new Idemia contract
Canada’s Halton Police has handed out a $1.18 million (US$803,922) contract to Idemia Public Security for facial recognition technology. The…
Railway companies look to digital IDs, facial biometrics and blockchain for ticketing
Railway companies in France, Japan and Indonesia double down on introducing ticketing technology such as digital identity and facial recognition….
Visa, Feedzai note growing shift to biometric security in UK, France
Studies by Visa and Feedzai reveal an accelerating shift in consumer behavior toward biometric security technologies in both the UK…
