EU considers some remote biometric identification in a trade-off for prohibitions
There is give and take in any biometric transaction, and the passing of the EU’s AI Act is no exception….
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.
Indian police await gear to collect more biometrics for criminal identification
Indian police are nearly ready to expand their biometrics collection at more than a thousand build Measurement Collection Units (MCU)…
Sharp rise in facial recognition use by Scottish police, UK protest footage scanned
The police in Scotland have tripled the use of retrospective facial recognition over the last five years jumping from just…
India’s prisons to require Aadhaar authentication from inmates and visitors
In India, all prisoners and visitors will now have to go through authentication using their Aadhaar digital IDs as a…
Controversy sticks to the use of facial recognition by US police
Facial recognition algorithms used by police in the U.S. are getting no less controversial. If anything, the issue is just…
More statements, legislation but little progress on facial recognition rules
Time usually narrows the choices and possible outcomes that come with an important information technology, but that decidedly is not…
San Francisco mayor wants police to make tactical, strategic decisions on facial recognition
The U.S. city of San Francisco’s reputation as a permissive haven of peaceably stoned jaywalkers takes some hits periodically, but…
UK police minister calls for more live facial recognition
As police authorities in the United Kingdom search for more ways to include facial recognition in their work, the country’s…
Swedish privacy watchdog opposes police proposal to use passport biometrics
Sweden’s law enforcement agencies are pushing to increase the use of biometrics in their work after a spew of gang-related…
UK launches facial recognition drive against shoplifters
The UK is launching a wide-ranging initiative against shoplifting that includes introducing facial recognition technology to capture offenders. On Monday,…
