Police in India issue tender for biometric weapons safety system as report forecasts smart gun market
Indian Police in the restive Jammu and Kashmir area will acquire biometric Weapon Safety and Tracking Systems (WSTS) to track…
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.
EU police working on large-scale facial biometrics database, report says
European law enforcement agencies are allegedly collaborating on building a continent-wide biometric facial recognition database, according to leaked documents from…
Canadian Privacy Commissioners investigate Clearview AI, develop guidance for police use of biometrics
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner and those of the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have announced the launch of…
AWS executive says no misuse of its face biometrics by police, talks foreign government sales
Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services CEO, would have no problem selling the company’s facial recognition software Rekognition to law enforcement…
Biometric privacy lawsuit hits law enforcement provider in latest round of BIPA class actions
Motorola and Vigilant are among the latest crop of companies to be named in Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuits,…
SIA testifies to lawmakers as fallout for police from Clearview AI facial biometrics scandal continues
Security Industry Association (SIA) Manager of Government Relations Drake Jamali testified to the importance of facial recognition as an investigative…
HID Global fingerprint technology selected for Singapore Police biometric eKYC system
The traffic branch of the Singapore Police Force has chosen HID Lumidigm V-series Fingerprint Sensors from HID Global to verify…
Second biometric data privacy lawsuit against Clearview AI also includes partner supplying police
The second lawsuit alleging biometric privacy violations by Clearview AI under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been filed,…
Proposed U.S. Senate bill to halt facial biometrics use by law enforcement until new commission reports
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would place a temporary moratorium on the use of biometric…
Fate of ‘draft’ law restricting Minnesota law enforcement use of facial recognition unclear
Draft legislation out of Minnesota’s relatively obscure Legislative Coordinating Commission Subcommittee on Data Practices would prohibit law enforcement agencies from…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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