India police hackathon focused on facial recognition and data analytics
The Karnataka State Police Department in India is organizing the first edition of the “India Police Hackathon 2019,” writes the…
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INTERPOL urges systematic biometric data collection and sharing to combat terrorist threats
INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock has emphasized to Project Kalkan countries the importance of collecting and sharing biometric data with…
US federal agencies sued for facial recognition deployment info as UK Commissioner calls for police use rules
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to obtain records relating to their use of biometric facial recognition…
Police consider facial recognition in Denmark, Sweden, Romania, but bias concerns persist
Copenhagen police could gain a “huge advantage” in investigations by implementing a biometric facial recognition system to scan footage from…
NEC revealed as provider of biometric facial recognition services for Australian Federal Police
The biometric analysis platform used by Australian Federal Police (AFP) is NEC’s NeoFace, a report from ZDNet has revealed. An…
Minnesota Drone Bill allows warrantless biometric use in specific circumstances
Under a new bill unanimously passed by the Minnesota joint House-Senate Subcommittee on Data Practices, no state or local law…
Berkeley bans facial recognition use by local government
The City Council of Berkeley, California has banned all use of biometric facial recognition technology by government agencies, Gizmodo reports,…
UK police units adopt mobile fingerprint scanners
Two Welsh police units, South Wales Police and Gwent Police, have rolled out mobile fingerprint technology to use on the…
California bans facial recognition on police body cameras as Massachusetts urged not to follow
California’s three-year ban on police using biometric facial recognition with body cameras has been signed into law by Governor Gavin…
Bovia introduces new edge facial biometrics technologies for fast recognition
Taiwan-based mobile video and cloud service company Bovia has introduced a pair of surveillance camera products to provide edge biometric…
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