Denmark announces increased budget for policing, including facial recognition
Denmark is planning significant investments in its police forces, including the expansion of facial recognition use. Starting in 2030, the…
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement biometrics refers to applications and biometric systems which aid law enforcement agencies. While most often fingerprints, DNA, and in some cases facial recognition, this is a wide-ranging category and can include AFIS, ABIS, mobile identification systems, criminal ID solutions, fingerprint recognition, surveillance, as well as access control systems.
How commercial surveillance tools became essential to FBI investigations
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has come to rely on Clearview AI, Babel Street, and ZeroFox to support its…
More missing children than transparency in UK police live facial recognition watchlists
Police in the UK have included hundreds of minors on its facial recognition surveillance watchlist, including children under the age…
Edmonton police failed to get approval for FRT trial: Alberta privacy commissioner
Whoa there, buds: that’s the message Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner has for Edmonton Police Services (EPS), after the announcement…
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…
Edmonton police first to to test facial recognition body cams from Axon
Police in Edmonton, Alberta are launching a Proof of Concept to test facial recognition-enabled Body Worn Video (BWV) cameras. A…
Incode launches Deepsight to protect against deepfakes, injection attacks
Incode Technologies has launched a new biometrics product to detect and block deepfakes and injection attacks, as agentic AI floods…
Idemia facial recognition goes live for Canadian regional police service
Idemia’s facial recognition technology is now live for police in Ontario’s Halton Region, west of Toronto. The Halton Regional Police…
British Transport Police to trial live facial recognition on railway stations
Live facial recognition (LFR) is coming to the UK’s train stations. The British Transport Police (BTP) has announced a six-month…
FBI seeks industry input on biometric algorithms, AI-driven tattoo recognition
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a new Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry input on the next…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection