UK ICO seeks to appeal data privacy decision on Clearview AI
The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) has issued a statement outlining its concerns with the findings of the First Tier Tribunal…
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Israel considers extending emergency changes to biometric data sharing policy
There are qualms in Israel about emergency policy changes being sought for biometric identification. According to one local report, it…
EU target for interoperable police, border biometrics databases delayed until 2027
The implementation target for the European Union’s plans to make biometric databases for law enforcement and border control interoperable has…
Arab security body wants to create a biometric fingerprint database
The Arab Interior Minister Council (AIMC), a body tasked with fighting crime in the Middle East, wants to create a…
UK police recruiting male Brits for an anti-crime DNA database
The UK policing authorities are on a mission to convince male Brits to anonymously hand over DNA samples to help…
Another year, another list of missed biometrics recommendations at DHS
U.S. Congress’ primary watchdog agency is nudging the Department of Homeland Security to get moving on some important biometrics-related recommendations…
Philippines connects homeless to government services with biometrics, ID cards
The Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Oplan Pag-Abot Project is intended to establish a central database of…
EU weighs decoupling biometric travel database for EES from ETIAS
A policy analysis document has revealed potential plans to decouple two planned EU databases both containing biometric information, the Entry/Exit…
How Clearview developed its method for fast search on an above-billion scale database
Databases used in facial recognition are growing to previously-unseen scale, which for Clearview AI created a need to develop a…
FBI’s iris biometrics repository reaches 2.5 million with tech from Iris ID
According to a company statement from Iris ID, the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) Iris Service now has roughly 2.5…
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