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UK police begins live facial recognition trials at railway stations

Feb 12, 2026, 12:38 pm EST

The UK police have kicked off a six-month pilot using live facial recognition (LFR) surveillance to monitor train stations. The…

Feb 2, 2026	ICE’s facial recognition app is new, but the NEC tech behind it is well known The revelation that the Mobile Fortify app used by ICE to identify suspected immigration procedure violators, and increasingly protestors, uses…
Feb 2, 2026	ICE, FBI expand facial recognition use to protest investigations Federal use of facial recognition and related surveillance technologies has expanded decisively into the monitoring of domestic protest activity, according…
Jan 29, 2026	ICE facial recognition app Mobile Fortify powered by NEC When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its 2025 AI Use Case Inventory Wednesday, it included the first official…
Jan 21, 2026	NEC gains accreditation for four digital identity products under NZ trust framework NEC New Zealand is the first digital identity provider to be accredited under the government’s Digital Identity Services Trust Framework…
Jan 12, 2026	No false alerts in UK POC of live facial recognition for immigration enforcement A single arrest was made following a live facial recognition match at a UK port during a November proof-of-concept trial,…
Jan 6, 2026	NEC launches fused face and iris biometrics system for on-the-move authentication A new multimodal technology from NEC can identify people in motion with face and iris biometrics. The technology authenticates people…
Dec 22, 2025	Dubai launches city-wide biometric hotel check-in Dubai is ready to overhaul its hotel arrival experience across the entire emirate with a one‑time contactless check‑in system. This…
Dec 4, 2025	NEC takes a stake in PopID, Tencent and Wink biometrics integrated with POS terminals Major technology firms and payment providers are racing to replace cards and phones with face, palm and voice biometrics. Payments…
Nov 16, 2025	Live facial recognition vans spread across seven additional UK cities UK police authorities are expanding their live facial recognition (LFR) surveillance program, which uses cameras on top of vans to…
Nov 7, 2025	Indicio joins NEC accelerator program with new investment Decentralized identity company Indicio has received investment from NEC Corporation’s venture studio NEC X, which will support its participation in…
Nov 6, 2025	New Zealand taps NEC to develop mobile proof of age credential NEC has announced a partnership with Hospitality New Zealand that will see it digitize the Kiwi Access Card, a proof…
Nov 5, 2025	NEC looks to expand face payments program with Stripe terminal integration Paper’s done, plastic’s over; it’s face time. In Japan, Stripe and NEC Corporation are partnering to enable in-store face payments…
Nov 3, 2025	Metropolitan Police to expand live facial recognition use even amid legal challenge The Metropolitan Police plans to intensify its deployment of live facial recognition (LFR) technology across London, citing its effectiveness in…
Sep 30, 2025	NEC, HID partner on biometric scanner with identity matching NEC Corporation of America and HID have announced a strategic alliance, bringing together NEC’s advanced SmartScan software and HID’s biometric…
Sep 22, 2025	MOTER to leverage NEC facial recognition for next-gen insurance claims NEC and U.S.-based MOTER Technologies have announced a capital alliance to drive insurance services as transportation enters a new era….
Sep 12, 2025	New UK facial recognition vans equipped with NEC software Police in England and Wales are expanding their use of live facial recognition from NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd with…
Sep 5, 2025	NEC gets face biometrics integration, distribution in Comtel EMEA UC deal Italian ICT provider Comtel has struck a deal with NEC’s Unified Communication division to enhance its technology portfolio for the…
Aug 26, 2025	Facial recognition cost, false alerts for Wales police falling over time Police in Wales have spent more than £3.5 million (US$4.7 million) on facial recognition over the last seven years with…
Aug 4, 2025	authID introduces ‘unphishable’ enterprise Identity Exchange Platform authID has launched a platform aimed at closing long-standing gaps in enterprise digital identity and access management (IAM). Built in…