Independent organization to investigate Scottish police’s use of biometric data
A new independent group will begin investigating the Scottish police’s use of acquiring and storing of citizens’ biometric data, including…
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RCMP currently examining use of DNA familial searching
According to a recent article in the Ottawa Sun, using family-member DNA searches could help solve Canadian cold cases. With…
Scientists working on using DNA for computers
Scientists at Brock University believe that DNA will eventually be used to enhance the memory capacity of computers. DNA can…
Home Office to fund UK police’s joint forensics and biometrics program
The UK’s Home Office announced it will provide more than £26 million in additional police transformation funding in support of…
U.S. Army Special Operations Command seeking new biometric technology
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command (SOCOM) (www.soc.mil) has posted a request for information (RFT) to evaluate selected exploitation technologies…
UK wants access to biometrics data stored in EU security databases post-Brexit
A senior counter-terrorism officer said that Britain’s access to data in Europe-wide security databases, following the Brexit vote, is “mission…
PAE awarded $66M forensics and biometrics contract from U.S. Navy
PAE has been awarded the Naval Expeditionary Forensics and Biometrics (NEFB) task order by the U.S. Navy under its SeaPort-e…
Study finds hair protein effective as identifier
Fingerprints, voice recognition, DNA, and iris scanning are well established as effective methods of accurate identification, but hair protein may…
Local U.S. police use of “stop-and-spit” DNA collection unrestrained
According to an article published by ProPublica, over the last decade, collecting DNA from people who are not charged with,…
Police errors, paperwork delays force destruction of biometric data of 800 terror suspects
According to a report in The Telegraph, the fingerprint and DNA profiles of up to 800 terror suspects have been…
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