Myanmar elections draw attention to its digital surveillance record
Myanmar’s widely criticized elections are drawing attention to the country’s digital surveillance systems, which rely on digital ID technology and…
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.
Sainsbury’s rolls out Facewatch LFR, Tesco gets retrospective with Auror
Automated security cameras and facial recognition are growing presences in UK shops as a theft prevention measure, with Tesco announcing…
Data, quotas, and biometric surveillance are reshaping US immigration enforcement
What looks like randomness in modern immigration enforcement is not disorder – it is design. Across the country, U.S. Immigration…
Vietnam’s digital scoring proposal for VNeID raises doubts and anxiety
Vietnam is considering a digital scoring system for its citizens that critics say is reminiscent of China’s Social Credit Score,…
Advocacy groups warn DHS against sweeping expansion of immigration biometrics
A proposed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule to dramatically expand biometric data collection across the U.S. immigration system is…
US grocery store chain faces backlash over its use of facial recognition
U.S.-based supermarket chain Wegmans Food Markets has found itself at the center of a rapidly widening privacy controversy over its…
FBI director hints at bureau’s quiet expansion of global biometrics reach
When Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel wrote this week on X that the bureau had “undertaken a…
Exposed – will AI biometrics leave spies out in the cold?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Arguments against the state using AI-enabled biometrics like facial recognition…
Physical security a strategic enabler of business outcomes: Genetec report
Montreal-based biometrics and enterprise physical security provider Genetec Inc. has released its sixth annual State of Physical Security report. Findings…
Pandemic surveillance – how AI will police the next global health crisis
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fears about AI-enabled biometric tools like facial recognition are often…
