US local and state leaders push for police use of facial recognition
New Orleans ban on the police use of facial recognition has been reversed. The city council this week returned use…
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Police use of facial recognition increasing in Minnesota and questioned in Seattle
Statistics published by a municipal government in Minnesota show police in the state are increasing their use of facial recognition,…
UK oversight group publishes ethics framework for police use of facial recognition
The UK government’s independent Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) has published an interim report outlining nine ethical principles forming…
UK Commissioner opens investigation into police use of facial recognition
UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has launched a formal investigation into the legality and effectiveness of facial recognition technology used…
Legal challenge over police use of facial recognition in Wales moves forward
South Wales police will not block a legal challenge raised by Cardiff man Ed Bridges regarding its use of facial…
UN privacy rapporteur criticizes accuracy and proportionality of Wales police use of facial recognition
Joseph Cannataci, UN special rapporteur on the right to privacy, has lauded progress by the UK government in creating oversight…
Police use of facial recognition to identify Maryland mass shooting suspect ignites debate
The suspect arrested at the scene of the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland was identified by…
Maryland legislation would see task force study police use of facial recognition
A bill passed in the Maryland House of Delegates and currently under consideration by a Senate committee would see a…
UK biometrics report calls police use of facial recognition questionable
UK Biometrics Commissioner Alastair R. MacGregor, QC publicly released his second annual report last quarter. The Biometrics Commissioner is independent…
Police use of facial recognition technology to be reviewed by ethics committee
The Leicestershire Police’s use of facial recognition technology is under review by the force’s new ethics committee, the Leicester Mercury…
