As businesses and governments in the U.S. and across the globe implement facial recognition surveillance in public spaces, privacy advocates…
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner and it most usually refers to observation of individuals or groups by government organizations. Find surveillance solutions here.
Mumbai railways installing 1000s of facial recognition cameras
Indian Railways is planning to install thousands of CCTV cameras equipped with facial recognition across greater Mumbai in an effort…
Myanmar seeks China’s input on ID system, Israel’s facial recognition bill faces backlash
Myanmar is seeking input from China on introducing a biometric identification system, a project that has raised concern among rights…
Don’t ban Chinese cameras, make better biometrics regulation: Australian academics
Banning Chinese surveillance cameras in Australia may not be a feasible option and the government should instead increase regulation, including…
Biometric surveillance will be debated until the final stages of AI Act
Regulating biometric surveillance within the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act may remain a point of contention for lawmakers until the…
Civil society groups want broader restrictions on biometrics use in AI Act
More than 100 civil society groups and advocates have co-signed a letter calling on European Union lawmakers to restrict the…
Flawed investigations, camera limitations plague Mexico City’s surveillance system
In the last decade, Mexico City has installed the largest video surveillance system in the Americas, altering the way criminal…
MSU researchers develop whole-body biometric recognition system with $12M grant
Michigan State University researchers have developed technology for long-range biometric identification, supported by a four-year federal grant from the Intelligence…
UK Biometrics Commissioner says data protection law could leave gaps in oversight
Outgoing UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson is warning that the country’s new data protection law could leave…
Outgoing UK commish leaves advice for law enforcement use of biometrics and drones
Professor Fraser Sampson, who recently announced that he will step down as the UK’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner at…
