The politics of facial recognition in the US still swings like pendulum
U.S. privacy advocates scored one of their few recent legislative victories, pushing through a near-total ban on government use of…
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.
Privacy advocates upset at back-door tactics for Irish facial recognition law
Opponents in the Irish government to police use of facial recognition with body cameras are expressing alarm at what they…
Irish opposition warns against rushed legislation for police use of facial recognition
Plans by Irish Minister of Justice Simon Harris to amend existing legislation to allow the use of facial recognition technology…
Aggressive automation stance in NY pays off for vendors
New York City’s mayor has a message for companies selling technology that might help crime rates to continue to fall:…
8 US states renew contract for NEC’s ABIS services
A consortium of U.S. western states has renewed a multimodal biometric ID system contract with electronics vendor NEC Corporation of…
Switzerland to spend $27M on new multimodal biometric matching system
The Swiss government is earmarking 24.61 million Swiss francs (roughly US$27.18 million) for the renewal and upgrade of the country’s…
UK police claim study support to resume live facial recognition deployments
London Metropolitan Police officials and their counterparts in South Wales say a study they commissioned and participated in has given…
Forensic biometrics data storage practices, failures spotlighted by UK FOIA request
Biometric material has been collected for forensic purposes since before the formulation and adoption of standards and best practices for…
Same debate on US cops and facial recognition. But ‘ayes’ may have it
As California legislators consider a bill restarting police use of facial recognition come details about another innocent man wrongly jailed…
Criminal responsibility age, children’s biometric data protection collide in Scotland
Clearer guidelines are needed, and possibly a change to the age of criminal responsibility, to ensure the collection of biometrics…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection