UK needs new biometrics strategy: Scotland Biometrics Commissioner
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner wants the UK government to reset its biometrics strategy and develop a framework for national biometrics…
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.
As Brazil debates AI bill, calls for facial recognition bans emerge
A group of rights organizations is calling on the Brazilian government to pass the country’s proposed AI regulation and introduce…
Police upgrade biometrics capabilities and transparency
Law enforcement biometrics are a central theme in several of the most-read stories of the past week on Biometric Update,…
Scotland biometrics commish wants ICO to look into cops use of cloud
After Microsoft revealed that it could not guarantee the sovereignty of UK policing data hosted on its cloud servers, the…
UK publishes tender for police facial recognition
The United Kingdom Home Office has issued a tender for a new national facial recognition software for policing amid increasing…
Michigan to adopt strongest laws in the US on police use of facial recognition
A settlement in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Robert Williams, a Detroit man who…
Limitations on biometric data use curb Swedish efforts to stop identity-related crime
Swedish government agencies are facing legal barriers related to biometric data as well as a lack of skills and technical…
Kansas law enforcement upgrades to Idemia ABIS
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) has completed the upgrade to its state fingerprint database, replacing the outdated Automated Fingerprint…
US police launch drone programs, but no FRT on UAS – yet
Police across the U.S. are putting eyes in the sky, as the adoption of drones for law enforcement emerges as…
Mexican state forensic document lab choses Regula ID scanning device
The Department of Questioned Documents, a forensic institution at the state level in Tabasco, Mexico, has integrated the Regula 4308…
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