UK minister wants police biometric passport database searches to catch shoplifters
CCTV images from shoplifting, burglary and theft investigations in the UK should be compared against Home Office passport and immigration…
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.
DNA collections, analysis find US government fans of all stripes
For whatever reason, state collection of DNA – a biometric identifier – does not stir the U.S. public, at least,…
Lawsuit filed in US cross-country arrest allegedly based on face biometrics
A federal suit in the U.S. has been filed by a Black man who says he was falsely accused of…
Scotland commissioner calls for expansion of biometric data oversight to justice system
Today, Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Dr. Brian Plastow published a report encouraging Scottish Ministers to consider extending oversight powers and the…
INTERPOL plans big data and biometrics platform to give police predictive analytics
INTERPOL is building a platform for processing massive amounts of data, including biometrics, to give police around the world predictive…
Flawed investigations, camera limitations plague Mexico City’s surveillance system
In the last decade, Mexico City has installed the largest video surveillance system in the Americas, altering the way criminal…
Proposal for Israeli police use of live public facial recognition goes before lawmakers
Israel’s government is moving forward with plans to deploy live facial recognition in public spaces for criminal investigations. The Times…
Problems in Argentina’s justice system exacerbated by public facial recognition: report
A data entry error in a database used for facial recognition in Argentina has highlighted problems with the country’s justice…
US oversight body demands biometrics privacy, training upgrades at DHS, FBI
The U.S. Government Accountability Office wants federal agencies to work on protecting the privacy and civil liberties of Americans in…
Less 1:N facial recognition searches, data sharing proposed in Australia gov’t ID bills
The Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and accompanying amendments bill have been introduced in Australia’s parliament as a cut-down version…
