CrimTrac seeks firm to add facial recognition capabilities to Australian fingerprints database
Australian crime data authority CrimTrac is seeking to add facial recognition capabilities to the national fingerprint database, which police and…
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.
UN calls for expanded use of advance passenger information to prevent foreign terrorists from travelling
UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) has called for expanding the use of advance passenger information (API) to prevent foreign…
UK police defend use of facial recognition to identify criminals at music festival
A UK police force has defended the use of facial recognition technology to identify some 90,000 attendees at a music…
UK police to use facial recognition at music festival
UK police ill use portable facial recognition technology for the first time at a music festival in an effort to…
U.S. Marines introduce ROK Marines to biometric enrollment technologies
U.S. Marines recently introduced the Republic of Korea Marines to a Secure Electronic Enrollment Kit, a portable biometrics solution that…
NIST workshop discusses new approaches to improving tattoo recognition
An international group of experts from industry, academia and government participated in National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Tattoo…
Australian senators call for stricter biometric data storage guidelines
Labor members of Australia’s Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs have released a report that details a number…
Fingerprint biometrics and facial recognition most popular this week
Here’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Fingerprints Once again,…
IOM donates biometric recognition technology to Philippine Bureau of Immigration
The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) has been provided with new anti-fraud detection equipment from the International Organization for Migration…
Chinese railway station to pilot facial recognition system
A major railway station in southern China will begin testing a new facial recognition system later this month as part…
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