ATF drops AdTech surveillance tool as ICE eyes commercial location data
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) canceled a contract for commercial cellphone location surveillance software after a…
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.
Irish regulators clash over legal terms in bill on police use of biometric recognition
A law that would permit the Irish police to use retrospective facial recognition “lacks legal clarity” and could create tension…
Head of Met Police makes case for LFR to stay ahead of criminal advances
A new appeal from the head of the Metropolitan Police aims to lay out the benefits of live facial recognition,…
NJ Supreme Court upholds police FRT disclosure requirement
New Jersey Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that law enforcement in the state must disclose its use of facial recognition…
Western Australia police launch trial of NEC’s live facial recognition
Police in Western Australia are launching a trial of live facial recognition technology in public spaces. A post on the…
ICE plans to give local police facial recognition app for immigration enforcement
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) privacy document publicly accessible on the agency’s website says a Customs and Border Protection…
US police facial recognition pioneer blames user error for wrongful arrest
Shout it from the mountaintops: Probable cause cannot come from facial recognition alone. That’s what one of the defendants in…
Secret Service tests mobile FRT app as federal biometric policing expands
The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) has begun field testing a mobile facial recognition application called “Sentry” that could be at…
Europe seeks feedback on plan for sharing biometric data with non-EU law enforcement
The European Commission has requested public feedback on its plans for a reciprocal biometric data-sharing framework for police with non-EU…
State Department moves to buy Clearview AI licenses for Colombia police
The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia is…
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