Police in Israel want greater freedom to use facial recognition
Israeli politicians are considering limits on how police use face biometrics to surveil the Middle Eastern nation, including its borders…
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.
Police surveillance, biometric data collection threatening right to protest
Police surveillance is threatening people’s right to protest according to Privacy International as it publishes a practical guide to reducing…
Europe heading for ‘open-ended biometric mass surveillance’: report
Unlawful biometric mass surveillance practices in the European Union go even deeper than previously reported and are accelerating towards becoming…
U.S. watchdog wants law enforcement to follow basic biometrics rules to build trust
A U.S. government watchdog agency is pushing three policies, none of which should be a surprise, to increase trust in…
VSBLTY partners on face biometrics and threat detection data for first responders
VSBLTY and RapidSOS have announced a new collaboration to provide first responders and 911 telecommunicators with the ability to access…
UK biometrics legislation lacks clarity to protect the public: former Commissioner
Former UK Biometrics Commissioner Paul Wiles is calling upon parliament to create legislation that explicitly deals with the use of…
Integrated Biometrics partner Akiyama wins Brazil Federal Police contract
The Federal Police of Brazil have purchased 1,500 fingerprint scanners made by Integrated Biometrics after a recent bid. The order…
DOJ opens its annual enrollment in biometric search system for Native tribes
The U.S. Justice Department is again accepting applications from federally recognized Native American tribes to access its national crime information…
GAO finds fed agencies ignorant about basic police biometric programs
It is hard not to picture a genie that has escaped its lamp after reading a new government accountability report…
Supercom supplies biometric offender tracking for Finland in $3.6M contract win
Finland is the latest jurisdiction to select SuperCom to provide its biometric offender monitoring technology, at an expected contract value of…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection