Police use of facial recognition increasing in Minnesota and questioned in Seattle
Statistics published by a municipal government in Minnesota show police in the state are increasing their use of facial recognition,…
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Face biometrics legal landscape shifting with restrictions in China, police guidance in UK
Tianjin, a city of more than 12 million in Northern China, has passed a set of new local rules largely…
Massachusetts partially bans police facial recognition use in latest reform bill
Massachusetts state lawmakers have passed a new statewide police reform bill banning facial recognition technology for police departments and public…
Ugandan police accused of using facial recognition system to fuel rights abuses
The police in the east African nation of Uganda have been faulted for using a facial recognition system deployed in…
‘Project Panoptic’ launches as facial recognition use by Delhi Police expands
The Internet Freedom Foundation is about to launch what it says is the first system for tracking facial recognition technology…
Seattle police officer’s use of Clearview AI face biometrics may have violated city policy
Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI and Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers exchanged hundreds of emails in which police were…
InCadence to supply mobile biometric fingerprint scanners for Orange County police
It will soon become much easier for law enforcement officers of Orange County in California, United States, to verify the…
New Zealand police make use of dozens of facial recognition tools discretely, audit reveals
An audit has shown that New Zealand’s police has more than a dozen facial recognition technology tools in its repertoire…
Facial recognition ban for local police with private right of action passes in Portland, Maine
A ballot initiative to ban face biometrics use by local police and agencies in Portland, Maine, and provide a right…
US police use biometrics to identify alleged criminal among Lafayette Square protestors
A man alleged to have assaulted a police officer during protests earlier this year in Lafayette Square, near the U.S….
