Northern Ireland studies live facial recognition use by UK police
Northern Ireland may soon follow England and Wales in allowing police to use facial recognition to generate investigative leads based…
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.
Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data
Following biometric data sharing agreements between the US, Chile and Ecuador, the Australian government reportedly has also agreed to provide the…
AI platforms flippant about stopping deepfake porn; authorities stepping in
Civitai is an online marketplace for AI-generated content, which has a ban on deepfake pornography but also sells files specifically…
ICE, FBI expand facial recognition use to protest investigations
Federal use of facial recognition and related surveillance technologies has expanded decisively into the monitoring of domestic protest activity, according…
Official Recognition – ‘transformative technology’ at the heart of UK police reform
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Live facial recognition (LFR) and other transformative technologies are at…
US Justice Department’s search of reporter’s phone, laptops raise biometric, privacy concerns
When federal agents searched the home of Hannah Natanson, they were not just pursuing a leak investigation. They were taking…
Senators urge DHS watchdog to probe expanding use of biometric and surveillance data by ICE, CBP
Two prominent Democratic U.S. senators have directed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general (IG) to investigate what they…
ICE facial recognition app Mobile Fortify powered by NEC
When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its 2025 AI Use Case Inventory Wednesday, it included the first official…
Oklahoma Supreme Court asked to halt driver license data transfer to national system
Oklahoma lawmakers have asked the state Supreme Court to immediately block the transfer of driver’s license and identification card data…
UK government defending police use of facial recognition
The UK government is defending police use of facial recognition technology – both in court and on the public stage….
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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