Live facial recognition coming to Chandigarh, India security center
A new hub for cyber security is to be opened in India. The Times of India reports that the Centre…
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Questions raised over facial recognition use in Indian prisons
Government agencies in India have been providing contradictory information on the introduction of facial recognition use in prisons amid rising…
Amnesty wants end to surveillance infrastructure in Palestine
Amnesty International is decrying the Israeli government’s use of experimental facial recognition known as Red Wolf, which can be linked…
India study shows half fine with surveillance, one-fifth unaware
A new report on surveillance technology in India has uncovered a high level of public support for certain forms of…
Facewatch gets UK Code of Practice certification for live retail facial recognition
Facewatch’s live facial recognition for retail theft prevention has been declared compliant with the UK’s Surveillance Camera Code of Practice…
Facewatch to stop using Hikvision amid controversy over UK retail biometrics
Retailers across the UK are increasingly turning to facial recognition technology to combat shoplifting amid a rise in thefts and…
Zimbabwe govt faces criticism over biometric surveillance project for new smart city
Zimbabwe is building New Harare, a smart city on the outskirts of Harare that will be the new seat of…
Surveillance states: life in the facial recognition spotlight in China, Iran and India
Police activity following November’s anti COVID-19 policy protests in China suggest they are using new surveillance techniques. Concerns are increasing…
Malta deep-sixes safe city facial recognition project after Huawei contract expires
Malta appears to have changed course on a plan to launch a CCTV network with facial recognition through a contract…
Facial recognition in surveillance keeps growing, but so do doubts
Several deployments of new face biometrics for surveillance reportedly have failed to deliver on crime-fighting promises. The first is the…
