French Senate votes in favor of public facial recognition pilot
The French Senate voted on Monday to adopt a draft law on testing facial recognition technology in public spaces. The…
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.
US, Kyrgyzstan, India hunt criminals with facial recognition watchlists
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reportedly used facial recognition and fingerprint biometric data to locate an alleged Bosnian…
Judges decide cops can’t use black-box biometrics systems in criminal case
In an enforceable blow for transparency in facial recognition, an appeals court in the U.S. state of New Jersey has…
Irish police watchdog warns of facial recognition abuse, UK police defends the technology
Ireland’s police watchdog said that they will need significant funds in order to track potential abuse of facial recognition technology…
Remark AI wins $6M contract for mobile facial recognition in cop cars
Remark AI has been awarded the first phase of a project to put license plate readers and facial recognition systems…
EU data watchdog publishes guidelines on facial recognition in policing
As the debates over the AI Act heats up, the European Union’s data protection watchdog has published its final set…
Indian police to share fingerprint data, more biometrics introduced in prisons
Indian law enforcement agencies will be able to access and share biometric fingerprint data with the country’s National Automated Fingerprint…
Kuwait to collect biometric data of everyone entering the country
Kuwait intends to set up a biometric fingerprint database for everyone who lives in the country over the age of…
UK MPs examine Met police use of facial recognition
The facial recognition system used by the UK’s largest police force is “very accurate” but when live facial recognition is…
Step right up: Newest US police agency signs up for Clearview AI service
The Delaware State Police agency has been awarded at $15,000 grant to buy a subscription to a controversial biometric startup’s…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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