UK Biometrics Commissioner releases annual report
UK Biometrics Commissioner Alastair R. MacGregor publicly released his first annual report yesterday. The Biometrics Commissioner is independent of the…
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Russia to consider bill that calls for mandatory biometric registration of all citizens
MPs from populist Russian nationalist party LDPR have drafted and will soon submit a new bill calling for the mandatory…
Australia signs agreement to share DNA information with U.K. authorities
A new agreement will allow U.K. and Australian authorities to quickly exchange the DNA data of suspects between the two…
UK Biometrics Commissioner issues consultation responses
A recent UK Home Office consultation sought views on new guidance for police chief constables considering applications from the public…
Guidelines for UK police chiefs on applications to retain & use biometric material
The UK’s National DNA Database Strategy Board has published guidelines for chief police officers when deciding whether to make an…
DNA evidence identifies Jack the Ripper
According to news reports published in UK newspapers including the Daily Mirror and The Independent over the weekend, DNA evidence…
Explainer: Biometrics in Law Enforcement
Law enforcement is arguably the largest user of biometric technology and Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) is the police’s most…
U.S. government adding biometric files to terrorism database
The U.S. government, with help from the CIA, is currently looking to obtain biometric data of some 1.1 million known…
NIST names members of the first Forensic Science Standards Board
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Justice have appointed 17 members of…
Spending on forensic, missing persons DNA biometrics database programs to grow
The Biometrics Research Group, Inc. estimates that law enforcement spending on forensic DNA databases throughout North America will total approximately…
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