Italy switches on real-time facial recognition as EU calculates risk to basic rights
A Legislative Decree amending the AI Act came into force in Italy this week, establishing harmonized rules on the use…
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London expands LFR despite weak results from rail trial
A six-month live facial recognition trial at London railway stations cost more than £320,000 (US$423,000) and nearly 100 hours of…
Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match
Two prominent civil liberties groups have joined a lawsuit against police in Reno, Nevada based on the alleged arrests of…
Western Australia Police claim LFR trial success after 900K scans in 3 months
Police in Western Australia continue to trial overt live facial recognition (OLFR) technology provided by NEC, and say it has…
Masking protest: AI-enabled surveillance is a global ID issue for law enforcement
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Biometrically speaking, our faces don’t give much away. Their points…
Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment
The cliché popularized by Spider-Man movies that “with great power comes great responsibility” clashes with the popular quote by English…
Why biometrics are an urgent agenda item for police oversight boards
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner The more that the police can do with biometric technology,…
Scotland weighs LFR policies as police request mask ban, ethics study launches
If police in Scotland are able to use live facial recognition in public then people should not be allowed to…
UK police widen live facial recognition deployments despite opposition
Live facial recognition deployments continue to expand across the UK, with police reporting arrests, missing-person recoveries and compliance monitoring from…
Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI
Scotland’s chief inspector of constabulary is urging police to accelerate the adoption of technologies including live facial recognition, drones and…
