Trump administration expands facial recognition while erasing oversight policy
The Trump administration quietly erased a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy on facial recognition from its public website while…
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Idemia PS upgrades LiveScan for easier biometrics collection for Canadian law enforcement
The latest generation of law enforcement biometrics collection technology from Idemia Public Security advances the LiveScan model to make booking…
Worldcoin exchange in Thailand raided by regulators, arrest made
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has raided a Worldcoin exchange service beside a…
Ring’s partnership with Flock raises privacy alarms
Amazon’s home-security subsidiary Ring is joining forces with Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based maker of automated license-plate readers (ALPR) and networked…
Watch: LiveScan 2.0: Modernizing Biometric Identification in Canadian Law Enforcement
IDEMIA Public Security (Canada) partnered with Biometric Update to bring you a new webinar, “LiveScan 2.0: Modernizing Biometric Identification in…
UK citizens say the police should be using AI – but there are conditions…
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner As we come to terms with its potential reach, debates…
Amazon’s quiet rise as a power broker in police surveillance
In 2023, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office tested a new surveillance tool from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that used…
Sole source contract to Bi2 expands ICE’s use of biometric surveillance
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is moving to fold iris recognition into everyday enforcement, announcing plans to buy access…
Genetic privacy erodes as millions of DNA profiles are entered into US database
In May 2024, researchers at Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology released a sprawling report on how the Department…
BU podcast talks police use of live facial recognition with prof Fraser Sampson
While facial recognition technology continues to find homes in commercial and institutional use cases, one of the most enthusiastic adopters…
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