Scottish police invite public feedback on law enforcement use of biometric tech
Scotland’s police authorities are inviting the public to share their views on an upcoming strategy for the use of biometrics…
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Corsight launches face biometrics platform to unify law enforcement operations
A new platform for forensic applications of face biometrics in law enforcement has been released by Corsight to bring together…
US State Dept. issues sources sought notice for biometric system in Guatemala
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) issued a Sources Sought Notice to…
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…
FBI director hints at bureau’s quiet expansion of global biometrics reach
When Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel wrote this week on X that the bureau had “undertaken a…
AI impersonation attacks against US officials growing more sophisticated, FBI warns
Federal authorities are warning that a years-long impersonation campaign targeting senior U.S. officials has not only continued, but that is…
US, Bangladesh authorities shut down online network of fake ID shops
Score one for the good guys. The U.S. Department of Justice has seized a network of websites selling digital versions of…
Ring faces new scrutiny as lawmaker warns of biometric surveillance crisis
U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey’s long-running probe into Amazon’s Ring surveillance doorbell system reached a new boiling point this week…
UK oversight bodies seek clarity on facial recognition bias, cooperation on governance
The fallout from a report on the demographic differentials of the facial recognition algorithms UK police use, tucked into an…
How commercial surveillance tools became essential to FBI investigations
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has come to rely on Clearview AI, Babel Street, and ZeroFox to support its…
