German gov’t retries pitch to let police use facial recognition on social media
German federal lawmakers are proposing a change to the country’s Code of Criminal Procedure that would allow law enforcement agencies…
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Police policy on facial recognition use earns OK in Lawton, needed in Sante Fe
The Lawton, Oklahoma City Council approved a policy governing police use of facial recognition technology (FRT), moving the city closer…
Tighter policies lead to fewer facial recognition searches for Detroit police
Police use of facial recognition technology continues to be an issue of concern globally – and pressure to put proper…
Yoti, Luciditi demo interoperable age check at 2026 GAASS
At the 2026 Global Age Assurance Summit in Manchester, UK providers Yoti and Luciditi have successfully demonstrated how interoperable digital…
Corsight revealed as facial recognition supplier for Canadian police bodycam trial
The face biometrics algorithms used by police in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on body-worn cameras during a recent trial is supplied…
Lawsuit alleges systemic misuse of facial recognition by Reno police
A lawsuit filed against the Reno Police Department alleges that officers have made thousands of unlawful arrests based on facial…
NEC continues cooperation with WIN on biometric matching for law enforcement
NEC has announced a deal to provide the latest version of its integrated biometric workstation to a consortium of U.S….
NIST releases latent fingerprint biometrics training data, quality assessment software
New biometric training data and open source fingerprint quality assessment software has been released by NIST to help improve the…
French police use of real-time facial recognition comes under scrutiny
Police in France are reportedly photographing individuals with police-issued mobile devices and using facial recognition developed by the German company…
US woman jailed 5 months after facial recognition mismatch, lax police work
In the dystopian nightmare scenario imagined by opponents of facial recognition technology, an innocent person sitting at home might find…
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