Facial recognition, gun detection system implemented in Lockport schools despite controversy
A facial recognition system was implemented on January 2, 2020 in the Lockport school district in New York state, following…
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Entrenched positions on biometric surveillance in NY schools aired
The U.S. state of New York’s IT services agency listened last week to testimony about putting biometric ID and surveillance…
NY State audit finds bidding for school facial recognition system was improper
An audit from the state of New York examining the bidding for implementing facial recognition in the Lockport City School…
mDL and digital ID applications proposed in Illinois and Czech Republic
The Illinois administration and the Czech Government each express the desire to advance towards the deployment of mobile driving licenses…
Industry, civil society weigh in on biometrics policy in letters to White House
Stakeholders and advocates are chiming in with responses to a U.S. government request for information on public and private sector uses…
Lawsuit over face biometrics in school security system ruled no longer relevant
A lawsuit filed by parents against the New York State school district that planned to deploy facial recognition in schools…
NY schools facial recognition system sticks around the courts
The New York Civil Liberties Union is fighting a motion to dismiss its challenge to a facial recognition system in…
Corrupt bid process for school biometric system alleged, NY Comptroller asked to investigate
The decision-making behind a face biometrics system purchased by Lockport City School District is under increasingly intense scrutiny, with a…
New York State suspends school biometric surveillance
Deciding that the use of facial recognition in schools it too risky — at least politically — New York Governor…
NY school district allegedly misled about face biometrics system’s racial bias
A facial recognition system purchased by New York’s Lockport School District has greater disparities in performance between demographics than claimed…
