UK biometric ethics group to consider implications of gait and voice recognition
Gait and voice biometrics are becoming more interesting to government and law enforcement agencies, prompting a need for ethical guidance,…
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Fujitsu biometric self enrolment kiosks piloted for presentation attack detection
The Home Office in the United Kingdom will be running an unsupervised self-service kiosk trial in the UK relying on…
UK police about to accelerate digital fingerprint matching with hopes to prevent crime
A new system from the Police Digital Service is set to speed up the submission of fingerprints gathered at crime…
UK deploys fingerprint, face biometrics to track deportees, non-Irish EU citizens
People subject to deportation orders in the UK will soon have to carry a GPS-enabled fingerprint scanner. The move, designed…
Militarization driving biometrics adoption by UK police and border agencies, report argues
UK border and law enforcement agencies have adopted biometrics not just for forensic purposes but as a surveillance tool to…
UK Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group gets 2022 direction, new members
The UK Biometrics and Forensics Ethics group (BFEG) has received the 2021/2022 commissioning letter from the Home Office Head of…
Scotland, UK governments tackle biometrics ethics with new Commissioners, report
The Scottish Parliament has nominated Dr. Brian Plastow as the country’s first Biometrics Commissioner. A former police Chief Superintendent and…
UK Biometrics Forensics Ethics Group to advise Home Office on data protection and policing initiatives
The UK’s Biometric Forensics Ethics Group (BEFG) has its marching orders for the upcoming year, which include organizing working groups…
UK Biometrics and Forensics Ethics group finally reports concerns with government plans
The UK government has released the first annual report from the Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group (BFEG) two years later…
Documents show UK Home Office biometric data migration costs $124M
Earlier this month on October 1, it was reported that Leidos signed a ten-year contract with the UK Home Office…
