EU Parliament approves unified biometric and biographic database of 350 million people
The European Union Parliament has voted to approve the Common Identity Repository (CIR) to aggregate the biographic and biometric data…
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.
IDEMIA launches mobile biometric fingerprint scanner for law enforcement
IDEMIA has launched a new handheld wireless device for law enforcement officers to perform fast biometric fingerprint identification in the…
Microsoft has turned down California agency and foreign government contracts for facial biometrics
A California law enforcement agency was denied the use of Microsoft biometric facial recognition technology in car and body cameras…
San Francisco police rally opposition to proposed law mostly banning public facial biometrics
A committee of San Francisco’s board of supervisors heard a proposal to ban facial recognition technology from the city this…
Mobile biometric device enables Florida police to identify high-quality fake passport
A recent arrest of an undocumented illegal alien holding a high-quality fake passport in Escambia County, Florida, demonstrates the value…
Privacy researcher ordered to return 20 accidentally shared pages on NYPD facial biometric system
Researchers at Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy and Technology must return 20 pages of confidential information about its biometric facial…
Biometrics Institute briefs UN member states on counter-terrorism compendium and next steps
The Biometrics Institute has briefed representatives of all UN Member States at a meeting in New York to raise awareness…
AMREL biometric smartphone module for police powered by Suprema fingerprint sensor
AMREL has launched the next generation of its single-finger biometric module powered by Suprema to extend fingerprinting capabilities to law…
Committee recommends Australia set up biometric data security oversight body
Australia’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement has recommended that the government to set up an oversight body for biometric…
Group of researchers calls for Amazon to stop selling biometric Rekognition to law enforcement
A group of 26 “concerned researchers” have called for Amazon to stop providing its biometric Rekognition service to law enforcement…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection