Biometrics in the big house: Surveillance and new revenue
A pair of recent patents and a patent application paint a grim(mer) future for prison inmates and guards. The innovations…
Surveillance
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NtechLab contracted by Indian Railways to deploy facial recognition at 30 stations
India’s newest railway facial recognition surveillance project is underway, with a contract to deploy the technology to 30 stations, though…
Fed surveillance oversight board stuck in neutral, Biden busy elsewhere
President Joe Biden has yet to fill three vacancies on a five-person board created after 9/11 to monitor how the…
Government zeal for biometric surveillance can be traced back 20 years
The most surprising aspect of biometric systems is not how pervasive they have become in American lives since 9/11. It…
NtechLab supplies facial recognition for Indian Railways, but privacy legislation still pending
NtechLab is implementing a facial recognition surveillance project in India intended to monitor the movement of train commuters, but civil…
Scottish local authority switches off facial recognition citing legal, ethical concerns
A Scottish local authority, Falkirk Council, has recently spent over £1 million (U.S.$1.4 million) on upgrading 76 state-of-the-art CCTV cameras…
CyberLink and QNAP partner on face biometrics for surveillance and security
CyberLink and QNAP Systems have entered a new partnership to collaborate on face biometrics solutions for surveillance and security applications….
EU studies ethics of biometrics in public spaces at request of parliamentary committees
A new study commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs analyzing the ethical and…
Calls against use of live facial recognition tech in Britain grow, Parliament petitioned
The use of Live Facial Recognition Technology (LFRT) by police and private companies in parts of the United Kingdom, as…
UK Biometrics Commissioner: Hikvision in social control surveillance joint enterprise with Chinese State
Hikvision is contracted for 21 years for joint enterprises with the Chinese State on social control projects in Xinjiang Autonomous…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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