Policing Minister pushes for facial recognition in all UK police forces despite criticism
The UK’s policing minister, Chris Philp, is pushing for facial recognition in all police forces nationally, despite critics claiming the…
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UK government finds Home Office Biometrics ‘achieves cost savings and value for money’
Accounting officers from the UK Government have evaluated the Home Office Biometrics (HOB) program and found that it “achieves cost…
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…
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…
Italy considers new biometric surveillance pilots amidst opposition’s concerns
Biometric surveillance is a valuable tool to prevent crime, but it needs to be deployed in respect of Italian citizens’…
Clearview AI’s facial recognition back in Ohio law enforcement after one year
Clearview AI has returned to providing facial recognition search for law enforcement in Ohio after a year-long pause amid pushback…
Irish opposition warns against rushed legislation for police use of facial recognition
Plans by Irish Minister of Justice Simon Harris to amend existing legislation to allow the use of facial recognition technology…
8 US states renew contract for NEC’s ABIS services
A consortium of U.S. western states has renewed a multimodal biometric ID system contract with electronics vendor NEC Corporation of…
Switzerland to spend $27M on new multimodal biometric matching system
The Swiss government is earmarking 24.61 million Swiss francs (roughly US$27.18 million) for the renewal and upgrade of the country’s…
Same debate on US cops and facial recognition. But ‘ayes’ may have it
As California legislators consider a bill restarting police use of facial recognition come details about another innocent man wrongly jailed…
