NGOs sound alarm over facial recognition systems’ lack of transparency in Latin America
The Al Sur NGO consortium has published a new report calling facial recognition implementation by some Latin American governments ‘perverse.’…
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Telpo joins Chinese facial recognition best practices group
Telpo announced it joined a Chinese industry body that promotes biometric privacy protections, safety, and best practices with facial recognition….
Primer on the multiple Covid roles for biometrics – it’s not just for tracing anymore
Just as the Covid pandemic encompasses much more than people getting sick, identity biometrics can have scores of positive and…
Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab announces project funding, including biometrics and digital ID
The Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab has announced 26 projects recommended for funding, including those with a biometrics and digital…
Tech5 commits to ‘consent-based’ images for facial recognition algorithm training databases
Geneva-based digital identity management firm Tech5 is committing itself to the “conscious choice” to keep investing in using images gathered…
Industry, civil society weigh in on biometrics policy in letters to White House
Stakeholders and advocates are chiming in with responses to a U.S. government request for information on public and private sector uses…
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…
Taking bias out of AI is starting to look like a job for AI
The effort to tear bias and racism from AI algorithms — and societies — would seem to be as complex…
Lots of skepticism and worry about emotion recognition not a turnoff for entrepreneurs
As happens with all promising new tech, initial coverage of emotional recognition tended to be rosy until an alarmist, and…
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…
