ICE is at the center of a vast and growing US biometric surveillance capability
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly emerged as the operational nucleus of a vast, fragmented, and increasingly automated…
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Sri Lanka on track to roll out e-NIC, Thales delivering final 400k cards
The final 400,000 polycarbonate cards procured from Thales by Sri Lanka’s Department of Registration of Persons to implement the Electronic…
Police use of facial recognition continues to raise public concerns
Should police use facial recognition technology? Two-thirds of Milwaukee’s Common Council says no. An article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says…
Simprints highlights Gavi support for privacy-first biometrics for vaccines program in Ghana
Simprints welcomed Gavi CEO Dr. Sania Nishtar on a visit to Ghana to observe pioneering vaccine delivery that utilizes biometrics….
EU moves closer to EES biometric border rollout
The EU has made another step towards introducing its biometric border system. The exact date of the introduction of the…
Project NOLA’s facial recognition push raises legal and civil rights questions
This week, the New Orleans City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee is expected to convene a hearing to address concerns about…
Parsons secures sole source deal to equip U.S. Air Force with biometric kits
The U.S. Air Force Air has issued a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract to Parsons Corporation for…
Malta strengthens institutional readiness for AI governance under EU Act
Malta has given more powers to its Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) to act as the lead body for…
Scottish public support the use of biometrics in policing, Commissioner survey says
The latest survey of the Scottish public’s attitudes to police use of biometrics data has shown only “modest” improvement. The…
New York senate committee advances ban on police use of biometric surveillance
The New York Senate Internet and Technology Committee has taken a decisive legislative step to confront the rapidly expanding use…
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