Microsoft joins the crowd in declining to sell facial biometrics to U.S. police until federal law in place
Microsoft has followed Amazon and IBM in declaring it does not sell facial recognition technology to police in the United States,…
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Amazon pauses sale of facial biometrics to police while advocates push Microsoft and Ring to follow
Amazon has put a one-year moratorium on direct sales of its biometric facial recognition service to law enforcement to allow for…
Proposal would ban warrantless facial biometrics on U.S. police body cameras, use on protestors questioned
Among the changes proposed in The Justice in Policing Act recently unveiled by House Democrats in the U.S. is a ban…
Northern Ireland police agree to delete biometric records after human rights ruling
Northern Ireland police (PSNI) will be deleting DNA records in “real-time” starting September, following the European Court of Human Rights’…
Independent committee review of facial biometrics for UK government calls for police transparency
The UK government’s independent expert committee on AI and data-driven technology says it expects an appropriate degree of transparency from…
London Metropolitan Police now considering pausing facial recognition expansion
Following several months of growing concerns among privacy rights advocates and an independent report commissioned by London’s Metropolitan Police that…
UK police not transparent about AI, biometric facial recognition use in investigations, report says
Although they likely use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision systems (ADS) in criminal investigations, only a very small number…
How biometrics are driving efficiency in modern policing
This is a guest post by Steve Warne, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Citizen Identity with HID Global. Modern-day police forces…
Biometric face-scanning helmets reading the temperatures of people in crowds in China
Some police and epidemic-control teams in China are wearing biometric head gear and sensors that allow them to spot fevered…
Toronto Police talk responsible use of NEC facial recognition in first case to identify murderers
The initial use of the Toronto Police Service’s facial recognition is examined in some depth by The Toronto Star, which…
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