From phrenology to performance data, UK immigration age estimation debate intensifies
Advocacy groups are attacking the use of biometric facial age estimation as evidence in evaluations of child status among immigrants…
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Thales supplier Linxens comes under scrutiny by UK’s Labour party
Passport component supplier Linxens is facing scrutiny over ownership links to Chinese investment firms that have been placed on the…
UK selects Cognitec for facial age estimation in asylum assessments
The UK government has selected a vendor for facial age estimation. The £322,000 ($433,745) contract begins on June 1, 2026…
UK migrant age assessment errors intensify debate over biometric age estimation
New Home Office figures raise fresh questions about the reliability of appearance-based age assessments used at the UK border, showing…
UK Home Office eyes suppliers for SCBP biometrics platform
The Home Office is hosting a preliminary market engagement event to engage with potential suppliers for two not-yet-guaranteed future procurements…
UK Home Office raises estimate for passport contract to 12 years, £576M
The UK Home Office has opened a third round of market engagement for its next major passport manufacturing and personalization…
UK turns to better CCTV, facial recognition use for national knife crime strategy
The UK government has presented a new national strategy to tackle knife crime, which includes upgrading CCTV coverage to minimize…
Mastek win £49M deal to support UK Home Office Biometrics delivery
Digital engineering and cloud transformation firm Mastek has won a contract to engineer, integrate and develop the UK Home Office…
UK ETA, eVISA milestones position Entrust to expand citizen identity footprint
The UK’s Electronic Travel Authorization system and eVISA is backed of Entrust’s Citizen Identity Orchestration solution and scaling successfully, according…
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner lays out blueprint for regulating police use of biometrics
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner is proposing its own blueprint and legal framework for the use of biometric data in law…
