New York school districts plan facial recognition security despite ban
A moratorium on the use of facial recognition in New York State schools has not prevented a pair of districts…
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.
Facial recognition in casinos under scrutiny in Australia after complaint against retailers
Casinos in Australia have fallen under scrutiny for the lack of regulation around their use of face biometrics technologies to…
ams Osram and trinamiX unveil behind-screen face biometric authentication tech
ams Osram and trinamiX have jointly announced the development of a solution that enables biometric face authentication suited to mobile…
Proposed facial recognition use rules for Irish police hits resistance among slim majority
Green Party ministers in the Cabinet of Ireland’s coalition government, as well as Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, have expressed concerns…
US House Democrats resurrect bill to ban body cams paired with facial recognition
A facial recognition ban has been reintroduced on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. It would prohibit federal…
Russia uses its facial recognition system to show reporters who’s the boss
In a nation where journalists who refuse to take the Kremlin’s line are sometimes murdered, news of reporters being surveilled…
Biometrics community breaks down details of AI Act proposals in EAB workshop
One interesting point of consensus arising at the European Association for Biometrics’ (EAB’s) Artificial Intelligence Act Workshop 2022 is that…
Biometric surveillance normalization in China could spread, Brookings warns
A new investigation by the New York Times has revealed how China is conducting biometric mass surveillance on a scale…
Panel on use of facial recognition by UK police breaks issue down for lawmakers
Leaders from among civil society, police, academia and regulatory bodies convened at the London School of Economics last week to…
Microsoft restricts facial recognition services, sunsets facial analysis
Microsoft has released their Responsible AI Standard, a framework to guide the company’s work in artificial intelligence. Calling it “an…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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