London police transparency push raises more facial recognition concerns
London’s Metropolitan Police will begin releasing more body-worn camera footage as part of a transparency initiative aimed at providing greater…
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Will Scotland be the first nation to pass primary legislation covering live FRT?
The Scottish privacy commissioner continues to express consternation over the potential use of live facial recognition by Police Scotland. Meanwhile,…
London testing facial recognition app for police as another false match surfaces
London police will soon start testing “operator-initiated facial recognition” (OIFR), a mobile app that allows officers to photograph a person…
ICE’s facial recognition app is new, but the NEC tech behind it is well known
The revelation that the Mobile Fortify app used by ICE to identify suspected immigration procedure violators, and increasingly protestors, uses…
Live mobile facial recognition gains popularity among US, UK law enforcement
Operator-initiated facial recognition (OIFR) is gaining popularity in the U.S. and UK as a tool for identifying possible illegal immigrants…
UK police plan nationwide rollout of NEC facial recognition on mobile phones
Police in the United Kingdom are planning to identify criminals by taking their photos with mobile phones and running them…
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