UK rights committee questions police use of FRT on children, bias report
The UK Joint Committee on Human Rights has posed a series of questions to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood about police…
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UK facial recognition bias report reveals Home Office using outdated Cognitec software
Cognitec released its FaceVACS-DBScan 5.5 software for biometrics matching at scale in 2020. A biometric accuracy and bias assessment of…
UK oversight bodies seek clarity on facial recognition bias, cooperation on governance
The fallout from a report on the demographic differentials of the facial recognition algorithms UK police use, tucked into an…
UK tucks biometric bias reports deep into police facial recognition plan
The UK government pledged on Thursday to increase its use of facial recognition and biometrics to identify wanted suspects. The…
IDnow reduces bias in facial recognition with EU-funded MAMMOth project
Identity verification provider IDnow reports significant progress in reducing algorithmic bias in facial recognition systems, following its participation in the…
Google settles biometric data privacy lawsuit over attempts to weed out bias
Google has reached a settlement agreement over its use of an open-source dataset allegedly containing images of people from Illinois…
Age assurance trial’s statement on bias called into question in data analysis
Is age assurance fair for everyone? This is the question raised by a new analysis of Australia’s Age Assurance Technology…
Police claims on live facial recognition bias not supported by facts: UK professor
Police in London have made 140 arrests during the Notting Hill Carnival over the weekend, with 13 individuals apprehended after…
Synthetic data for biometrics training: Addressing bias without privacy risks
By Gaurav Sharma, Director of Operations at Chetu Biometric systems are deeply integrated into today’s digital identity landscape—from airports and…
Facial recognition systems based on older methods show high levels of bias: Study
A new study has revealed troubling differences in how facial recognition systems relying on widely used, older methods in open-source…
