Canada’s Federal Government has filed a motion to have the certification of a potential class action lawsuit over biometric data…
Facial Recognition
A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a two- or three-dimensional digital image or a frame from a video source. It is typically used in security systems alone or in combination with other factors. Can also be used to perform liveness detection. Find facial recognition solutions here.
French Senate seeks to protect against biometric surveillance – with biometric surveillance sandbox
The French Senate Law Commission has released a contradictory report into biometrics that seeks both to ensure France does not…
Big jump in public face biometric dataset size
A large team of researchers overwhelmingly from China says it has created new million-scale facial recognition benchmark. They claim in…
Trust Stamp joins forces with Rwandan Institute to increase equality in biometrics performance
Trust Stamp announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in…
Privacy advocates urge EU to prohibit ‘biometric mass surveillance’ with AI Act
European Digital Rights (EDRi) and 52 other organizations have written to the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to call…
Canadian lawmakers demand clearer answers on facial recognition from national police
A standing committee of Canadian Members of Parliament examining face biometrics use in the country saw further clarification of the…
Scientists publish datasets and tools for detecting face morphed identity documents
A research paper published this month has tools to neutralize face morphing attacks, which use an altered biometric reference image…
Biometric air travel initiatives advance in Singapore, US, South Africa, UK, Brazil
Initiatives utilizing biometrics systems have been unveiled around the world, with Singapore planning to deploy new iris and facial biometrics…
PimEyes launches facial recognition affiliate program, blocks Russian requests due to war
PimEyes, maker of a facial recognition search engine that helps people discover where photos of them have been used online,…
Draft bill allows Israeli police access to face biometrics from public CCTV
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation cleared a biometric surveillance bill on Sunday that will enable security services to access information…
