Expanded scope of biometrics collection, storage for Indian police enters into force
India’s new Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 which gives police officers the power to collect biometric information of convicts and…
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Militarization driving biometrics adoption by UK police and border agencies, report argues
UK border and law enforcement agencies have adopted biometrics not just for forensic purposes but as a surveillance tool to…
Police can’t record teens’ biometrics just because they want to – state supreme court
Police in the U.S. state of Michigan have no more right to record biometric identifiers than they have the right…
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…
US ‘signs deal to receive UK police biometrics,’ pressures EU countries to follow suit
The UK government has agreed to share records from its police biometrics database with U.S. border guards as part of…
London police paying public to test live facial recognition during live operation
London Metropolitan Police have been paying members of the public £50 (US$59) to take part in live facial recognition testing…
British police deploy live facial recognition, license plate recognition to make 11 arrests
British police operating in London and the northwest of England recently used live facial recognition (LFR), operator initiated facial recognition…
HID Global mobile biometrics certified for use by Florida police
Mobile biometric ID technology from HID Global has been certified for use by police to conduct biometric identification verification quickly…
Delhi Police criticized by watchdog over ‘patently incorrect’ replies on biometric technology
India’s Central Information Commission (CIC) has criticized the Delhi Police for giving “patently incorrect” replies to Right to Information (RTI)…
UK Government rejects Lords’ police inquiry’s biometrics, tech recommendations
The UK government has rejected the majority of the findings and recommendations from a House of Lords investigation into the…
