Twitter orders Clearview AI to delete and cease scraping images for biometric data
It may be true that, as Internet entrepreneur Hoan Ton-That has said, “a lot of people” are scraping social-media subscribers’…
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.
The promise and hazard of facial biometrics played out in one New York startup
Anyone wondering what the future of biometric facial recognition looks like in the United States would have a good model…
Marshals Service seeking information on “counter-biometric” services
The U.S. Justice Department’s Marshals Service has issued a request for information (RFI) from vendors on counter-biometric expertise to perform…
Police and ICE facial biometrics system in San Diego shut down to comply with new state law
If proponents of the use of biometric facial recognition systems by law enforcement agencies were hoping for a big boost…
CBP begins assessing collection of DNA samples from persons in custody
Effective this week, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began collecting DNA from any person in CBP custody who is subject…
South Wales police heavily criticized for facial recognition use at football derby
South Wales police are deploying biometric facial recognition technology at a major football derby between Cardiff City and Swansea City…
Law enforcement increasingly using cloud extraction tech to collect social media and application data: report
Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using extraction technology to access data saved to the cloud, according to Privacy International citing…
iFLyTek develops voice recognition for law enforcement; moves forward with AI innovation despite U.S. ban
Chinese startup iFlyTek boasts it has created for law enforcement AI technology that leverages voice biometrics to identify a person,…
India’s National Crime Records Bureau pushes back facial recognition bid deadline again
After pushing the deadline back five times, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in India is still accepting bids for…
Biometric scanners track police officers at work in the Philippines, Canada
Police officers in Manila will from now on be monitored with a biometric fingerprint system for attendance to prevent repeated…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection