A New Year’s resolution for AI – don’t blame the bot
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner According to the old saying, blaming our tools is 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.
Lawmakers move to rein in ICE’s use of mobile facial recognition
U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced legislation aimed at sharply…
Montana allows US mDLs for traffic stops, launches verifier app for police
A driver’s license can be useful for proving one’s age or identity, but most people carry them in case they…
Lawsuit casts new light on ICE, CBP’s expanding biometric, visual surveillance dragnet
A sweeping 103-page federal lawsuit filed by the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago against the Trump administration…
Scottish police invite public feedback on law enforcement use of biometric tech
Scotland’s police authorities are inviting the public to share their views on an upcoming strategy for the use of biometrics…
Corsight launches face biometrics platform to unify law enforcement operations
A new platform for forensic applications of face biometrics in law enforcement has been released by Corsight to bring together…
EU weighs biometric data access deal with US as price of visa-free travel
Europe is preparing to open its national biometric databases to U.S. border authorities, moving decisively toward a collective legal framework…
Facial recognition, not more officers, will cut petty crime: UK Police Chiefs’ head
Retrospective facial recognition will do more to reduce petty crime than increasing the number of police on patrol, according to…
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner lays out blueprint for regulating police use of biometrics
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner is proposing its own blueprint and legal framework for the use of biometric data in law…
FBI director hints at bureau’s quiet expansion of global biometrics reach
When Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel wrote this week on X that the bureau had “undertaken a…
