Parents renew fight against New Jersey’s storage of infant biometric identifiers
In Trenton, New Jersey, a group of parents has revived a constitutional challenge against the state’s long-standing practice of retaining…
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.
Ring’s partnership with Flock raises privacy alarms
Amazon’s home-security subsidiary Ring is joining forces with Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based maker of automated license-plate readers (ALPR) and networked…
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner backs regulating LFR with primary legislation
The UK has been debating its lack of unified regulation for facial recognition use over the past several years. In…
Germany considers allowing face biometric web searches by police, watchdog critical
An expert report commissioned by AlgorithmWatch, a European digital rights organization, has pointed out the technical and legal issues with…
UK citizens say the police should be using AI – but there are conditions…
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner As we come to terms with its potential reach, debates…
Scotland’s largest political party opposes police use of live facial recognition
The Scottish National Party (SNP) passed a resolution opposing the implementation of live facial recognition technology (LFR) by Police Scotland….
Amnesty International urges Scotland to ban live facial recognition for law enforcement
Amnesty International has called on the Scottish government to prohibit the use of live facial Recognition (LFR), describing the biometric…
Aurora, Colorado police move closer to using facial recognition technology
After years of internal planning and public debate about biometric surveillance, the Aurora Police Department (APD) has asked city leaders…
Europe’s ‘Wild West’ of facial recognition testing spurs call for responsible AI oversight
A peer-reviewed study published in Data & Policy by legal scholar Karen Yeung of the University of Birmingham, and Wenlong…
Amazon’s quiet rise as a power broker in police surveillance
In 2023, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office tested a new surveillance tool from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that used…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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