Fairness in facial recognition hinges on mix of factors, including cultural norms
A new research paper looks at the contentious issue of demographic fairness – or bias – in facial recognition systems….
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Police claims on live facial recognition bias not supported by facts: UK professor
Police in London have made 140 arrests during the Notting Hill Carnival over the weekend, with 13 individuals apprehended after…
Scottish police confirm live facial recognition plans
Police in Scotland have confirmed their decision to use live facial recognition (LFR), nearly 10 years after the technology was…
HID launches new facial recognition, authentication readers in Sydney
HID will use this week’s 2025 Security and Exhibition Conference in Sydney as a platform to launch its new biometric…
ICO ‘encouraged’ by UK police facial recognition compliance with data protection law
The use of facial recognition by police in South Wales and Gwent is compliant with the UK’s data protection law,…
Real-time facial recognition meets real-world debate, but where’s the data?
A plan by London’s Metropolitan Police to use live facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival has prompted fresh debate, but…
New Orleans to vote on nation’s first real-time facial recognition policing program
Next week, the New Orleans City Council is slated to vote on a groundbreaking and highly controversial ordinance that would…
UK govt building on live facial recognition, announces predictive policing prototype
The UK government has announced a predictive policing project, relying on AI-powered interactive crime maps and facial recognition technology, that…
Why retail needs biometrics – the cameras aren’t working
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner According to the Economist shoplifting has octupled in a decade,…
US Treasury sanctions Iranian firm over hijab biometric surveillance system
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned an Iranian software company that developed the facial recognition surveillance tools used by Iranian authorities…
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