Evidence of Taliban attempting biometric searches leaves data access unclear
The fall of Afghanistan back under Taliban control caused worries, among many others, that biometric data and the hardware to…
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Jamaica electoral body denies selling biometric data for online authentication service
Accusations of improper digital ID and biometric data sharing have been leveled against the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) after…
Clearview facial recognition app up to 20B images
Clearview AI has announced Clearview 2.0, an upgrade to its facial recognition system with a larger face database and enhanced…
Security agencies granted access to Nigeria’s biometric database; Buhari faces lawsuit
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a nonprofit advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari…
Clearview AI makes face biometrics service available to Ukraine Ministry of Defense
Clearview AI is providing its facial recognition to the Ukrainian defense ministry to assist in identifying people, possibly at checkpoints or…
Turkish biometric system developed by Biyoteksan issues 2M digital ID documents
Turkey’s centralized National Biometric Data Management System has issued more than two million digital ID documents since its launch less…
Uzbekistan plans broad facial recognition deployment, social media photos in database
Uzbekistan is in the process of putting in place a system whereby law enforcement authorities will use biometrics such as…
Statewatch warns of worsening ethnic profiling risk in EU as identity systems expand
Monitoring organization Statewatch warns that new biometric identity controls used by police and immigration authorities in the European Union could…
Colombia’s civil status registry to deploy Thales biometric scanners
Thales is planning to provide fingerprint scanners to Colombia’s National Civil Status Registry for better management of biometric enrollments and…
Driving license biometrics could form pan European ‘perpetual police line-up’: Statewatch
Any holder of an EU driving license will have their details and biometric information and photograph added to a pan-EU…
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