Clearview AI stops providing biometrics service in Canada, privacy investigation still open
Clearview AI’s biometric facial recognition technology will no longer be available in Canada, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of…
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Patriot One’s Xtract AI partners with Canadian Armed Forces, develops AI to detect COVID-19
Patriot One Technologies’ Vancouver subsidiary Xtract Technologies (Xtract AI) has signed a nearly CAD $200,000 contract with Canada’s Department of…
Taiwan delays digital ID, smartphone app supports Quebec driver’s licenses, and Croatia to launch eID
Taiwan is delaying its planned launch of a new digital ID system due to complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Toronto Police talk responsible use of NEC facial recognition in first case to identify murderers
The initial use of the Toronto Police Service’s facial recognition is examined in some depth by The Toronto Star, which…
Facial biometrics deployment for residential access control in Canada concerns privacy advocates
A Canadian real estate management firm has deployed biometric facial recognition to prevent unauthorized access of its buildings and track…
Biometric tracking and monitoring for released inmates and home confinement applications
With criminal justice systems considering releasing low-risk inmates from incarceration to help mitigate the transmission of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, Precision…
India launches biometric tracking measures as Canada, US delay data collection to prevent virus spread
Governments around the world are responding to the continuing coronavirus outbreak, in some cases by implementing biometric tracking measures, and…
AIH Technology joins Microsoft Partners Network, ventureLAB’s Tech Undivided Initiative
AIH Technology has joined the Microsoft Partners Network (MPN) and will soon launch its Facial-Recognition-as-a-Service (FRaaS) on the Microsoft Azure…
Canadian Privacy Commissioners investigate Clearview AI, develop guidance for police use of biometrics
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner and those of the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have announced the launch of…
SIA testifies to lawmakers as fallout for police from Clearview AI facial biometrics scandal continues
Security Industry Association (SIA) Manager of Government Relations Drake Jamali testified to the importance of facial recognition as an investigative…
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