UK rights committee questions police use of FRT on children, bias report
The UK Joint Committee on Human Rights has posed a series of questions to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood about police…
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UK facial recognition bias report reveals Home Office using outdated Cognitec software
Cognitec released its FaceVACS-DBScan 5.5 software for biometrics matching at scale in 2020. A biometric accuracy and bias assessment of…
UK tucks biometric bias reports deep into police facial recognition plan
The UK government pledged on Thursday to increase its use of facial recognition and biometrics to identify wanted suspects. The…
NSW Police face questions on use of facial recognition algorithm from 2011
Australia’s New South Wales Police used a legacy facial recognition algorithm for over a decade and declined repeated offers of…
Face biometrics cameras from Cognitec arriving soon at Australian airports
There are 250 biometric cameras from Cognitec on their way to major international airports in Australia, where they will be…
Cognitec updates facial recognition toolset for speed, accuracy with large databases
The latest version of Cognitec’s face matching and facial estimation algorithms are integrated into its updated FaceVACS-DBScan ID software release,…
Latest NIST age estimation test shows gains by Cognitec, Idemia, Innovatrics, Yoti
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted fresh test results on its benchmark for facial age estimation…
Cognitec supplies biometric hardware and software for Australian airports
Cognitec is carrying out a contract for Australia’s government providing biometric cameras and related services for international air travelers. The…
NSW Police abandons Cognitec’s facial recognition
New South Wales police have deactivated facial recognition capabilities in their suspect identification system following concerns about its accuracy. The…
Quebec insurance portal re-launches facial recognition program to organize photo bank
Quebec’s provincial automobile insurance registry is bringing back its facial recognition program, which was suspended last year – this time,…
