AI is coming to policing – accountability is coming with it
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Accountability is about people with power using it properly and…
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25M Nigerian poor get cash payments enabled by digital ID
Around 25 million Nigerians whose names are on the country’s national social register have received cash payments from the federal…
Russia wants to keep an eye on migrant workers with biometric IDs
Russia is tightening control over migrants entering the country by introducing electronic ID cards containing biometric data. Aside from biometrics,…
Isle of Man govt plans public consultation on introduction of FRT at ports
The Isle of Man continues to debate the introduction of facial recognition and identity documents to boost security at its…
Integrated Biometrics, GripID release ‘smallest multimodal biometric device’
Shaped and sized like a modern TV remote or an early iPod Nano, the new multimodal biometric scanner from GripID…
Australian police insist FRT (Clearview?) will help in fight against child abuse
Australian law enforcement officials want changes to privacy legislation that would enable them to use facial recognition to identify victims…
US housing agency seeks information on biometric fingerprinting services
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Personnel Security Division (PSD) announced that is conducting market research to…
Congressional briefing renews concerns over security holes in Visa Waiver Program
With Qatar having become the first Gulf State to be admitted into the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) in September,…
HID Rapid ID offers simple three-step fingerprint identity verification tool for police
Policing is one of the main drivers of the biometrics market, be it facial recognition algorithms or advanced biometric scanning…
Retailers turn to facial recognition to curb $100B in losses amid ‘sweethearting’ surge
Retail theft is on the rise in the U.S., with losses topping an estimated $100 billion annually. In addition to…
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