India instituting national fingerprint database for criminal ID
India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to set up a national fingerprint database of nearly 28 million criminals…
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.
Alleged misuse of facial recognition software by San Diego police raises public concerns
The San Diego Police Department is using facial recognition software with few guidelines and little public disclosure, which has led…
Australian Senate passes biometrics collection bill
Without first putting the matter to a vote, the Australian Senate has passed new legislation to strengthen the country’s biometrics…
FBI opens Biometrics Technology Center in West Virginia
The FBI will open a new four-story, 360,000-square-foot biometrics facility on August 11 at the agency’s Criminal Justice Information Services…
Biometrics and privacy laws, fingerprints, facial recognition & more top stories
Here’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Iris recognition Virginia…
EFF, MuckRock conduct census of how police deploy mobile biometric technologies
EFF and MuckRock have partnered to conduct a census of sorts, via public records requests, in an effort to compile…
Scottish police to undergo investigation over facial recognition use
Watchdogs will analyze around 500 cases when Police Scotland used facial recognition technology in an effort to identify images of…
UK police call facial recognition trial at music festival a success
Police in Leicestershire, UK have called the trial use of facial recognition software at a major music festival a success,…
Morpho installs fingerprint terminals in Turkish police stations
Morpho (Safran), through its local partner Olcsan, announced that it has provided biometric fingerprint identification terminals to nine Turkish police…
NEC to provide facial and fingerprint recognition to make Indian city safer
NEC Corporation announced that NEC India and AP Technology Services Limited (APTS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate…
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