NADRA partners up to ID thousands of deceased people with biometrics
Pakistan‘s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chhipa Welfare Association to biometrically…
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Next biometric identification: The Werewolf
It can be forgotten sometimes that the biometrics has roles beyond identity security and surveillance. Like tracking down possible vampires….
Texas parents to collect students’ biometrics; Sydney school loo-turns on fingerprints
Parents in Texas have been given the option to collect DNA samples of their children using freely distributed test kits,…
Suspect image based on DNA phenotyping pulled back by Edmonton police
Edmonton Police Service has asked the public to help identify a suspect from a computer-generated image based on DNA phenotyping,…
Biometric data collection by Chinese government still growing, along with breaches
Beijing appears to be ramping up its collection of biometric data, as reports roll in of increased surveillance and monitoring…
Awareness grows of infant DNA samples being used in crime investigations
Some U.S. governmental bodies are growing squeamish over law enforcement use of blood spots routinely taken from newborns to screen…
Ukraine gets mobile DNA biometrics lab from France to ID war dead
France’s government has donated to Ukraine a mobile DNA biometrics lab on wheels, the mobil’DNA, created by Deveryware. An announcement…
Biometric surveillance normalization in China could spread, Brookings warns
A new investigation by the New York Times has revealed how China is conducting biometric mass surveillance on a scale…
UK Biometrics Commissioner offers praise, caution after gov’s police oversight reversal
The UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson approves of the government’s decision to not delegate oversight of police…
Potential for ‘DNA paparazzi’ poses questions about biometric privacy, property rights
Two U.S. law professors writing in The Conversation say the current laws and jurisprudence around privacy and property are insufficient…
