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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.

 

NEC America facial recognition adopted by Canadian police force

NEC Corporation of America says it will work alongside an FBI-affiliated security group to combat human trafficking, while a Canadian…

 

Clearview fights biometric app ban by Canadian province in court

Clearview AI is pushing back against a ban on its forensic face biometrics app imposed by a Canadian data protection…

 

Startup integrating real-time facial recognition from Corsight with police body cameras

Real-time facial recognition from Corsight is coming to body cameras that will be offered to law enforcement agencies around the…

 

UK can join EU biometric surveillance without Parliamentary scrutiny: Statewatch

The UK is able to join European Union biometric surveillance schemes such as a pan-European network of police facial recognition…

 

Groups say Greece migrant biometric data collection will violate human rights

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Homo Digitalis say a planned police program in Greece to obtain the facial and fingerprint…

 

Imageware to streamline biometric data collection for Arizona corrections

The Arizona Department of Corrections has chosen the Imageware Law Enforcement Platform to expedite the collection of biometric and biographic data…

 

The UK’s new Information Commissioner could continue to change the internet, metaverse for all

The UK’s new Information Commissioner, John Edwards, has taken the helm for a five-year term, succeeding Elizabeth Denham. Edwards has…

 

San Francisco faces hearing for summary judgment in protestor surveillance lawsuit

Civil rights nonprofits this Friday will ask for a summary judgment in a lawsuit against the City and County of…

 

Biometrics governance is a nice-to-have for some police

Following the lead of law enforcement agencies fed up with tiresome lectures about thinking before shooting, some police brass have…

 

Bills to block biometrics use by NY state and local police reach committees

Police in New York could have their use of facial recognition and other biometrics restricted by one or more of…

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