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Switzerland prepares to introduce biometric ID cards

Switzerland is planning to introduce a new chip-enabled biometric identity card by the end of 2026. The country is introducing…

 

Mexico debates centralizing biometric citizen codes to search for missing persons

The Mexican government has taken another step toward turning the country’s biometric-based Unique Population Registry Code (Clave Única de Registro…

 

Biometrics unifying factor amid big changes in IDs

Biometrics sit at the center of the long chain from manual verification of physical ID documents to reusable digital ID,…

 

New ICE mobile app pushes biometric policing onto American streets

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly deployed a new surveillance tool in its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)…

 

Should the EU put a pause on rolling out the AI Act?

As AI regulations come to the EU, a long and arduous push is hitting the breaker wall of political trepidation….

 

Virginia police dept. launches facial recognition program under strict oversight

In a move that places it at the forefront of biometric policing in Virginia, the Bristol Virginia Police Department has…

 

Biometric tools shift from control to resistance

In the accelerating age of facial recognition technology (FRT), a growing counter-surveillance movement is flipping the script on who gets…

 

UK police look at future tech, including biometrics like brainwaves

With technology, what was once cutting edge will one day become the norm. Currently, the police are incorporating facial recognition,…

 

Wrongful arrest in US linked to facial recognition error leads to $200K settlement

Jefferson Parish Louisiana Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s office has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought…

 

Biometrica pushes back on alleged privacy risks, biometric data concerns

A controversy brewing over the prospective adoption of a public security system from Biometrica that uses facial recognition in Milwaukee…

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