Groups say Greece migrant biometric data collection will violate human rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Homo Digitalis say a planned police program in Greece to obtain the facial and fingerprint…
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Sampson talks ethics with Facewatch as biometric privacy concerns resurface
UK grocer Southern Co-op has expanded its use of live facial recognition (LFR) to 35 of its stores, The Daily…
Imageware to streamline biometric data collection for Arizona corrections
The Arizona Department of Corrections has chosen the Imageware Law Enforcement Platform to expedite the collection of biometric and biographic data…
Once little-known data-analysis office in DHS gets heat about facial recognition
Facial recognition was part of the text and subtext of a U.S. Senate intelligence committee hearing last week. The hearing…
Turkey’s domestically-developed biometric data system becomes operational
The centralized National Biometric Data Management System has gone live locally and nationally, announced Turkey’s Minister of Internal Affairs. It…
Interpol program for fighting terrorism through biometrics deployed in Cameroon
The International Police Organization, Interpol, says it has deployed its Project First to Cameroon to enable law enforcement officers in…
New face biometric systems spread around borders but Congress has questions
In December, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency announced that it had deployed biometric facial comparison systems to four…
Foreigners, users of car services likely in Russia’s biometric crosshairs
Bit by bit, face biometrics is being massaged into Russia’s economy. In the private sector, national politicians want taxi services…
Parents suing Facebook allege it profited from kids’ biometric data
A new federal class action lawsuit charges Facebook executives were until recently greedy hijackers of children’s personal data, including biometrics,…
Pakistan government and UNHCR complete biometric registration drive for Afghan refugees
The United Nations is trumpeting the success of a drive to register refugees in Pakistan for biometric smartcards, which was…
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