UK commissioners urge pause on police use of automatic facial biometrics after pilots
The UK parliament’s Science and Technology Committee has been told that live facial recognition technology should not be further deployed…
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Facial recognition mostly used by Washington County police to investigate minor crimes
Police with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) have cracked a $12 shoplifting case using state-of-the-art biometric facial recognition, CNET…
Brexit drama blocking public and political debate on facial recognition surveillance by UK police
Fans entering an upcoming Six Nations rugby championship match between Wales and Ireland will be scanned against a wanted list…
San Diego port and police considering public facial recognition network
The Port of San Diego was considering to deploy facial biometrics and other AI services to a network of 400…
Constitutional rights group recommends laws limiting facial biometrics use by U.S. law enforcement
The Project on Government Oversight’s (POGO’s) Constitution Project has released a report on the potential impact of law enforcement using…
German police donate Regula document readers to Montenegro border officers
Regula announced that the German police have donated five new Regula 7308 mobile document readers to their Montenegrin colleagues, Vijesti…
Chinese police using Watrix gait biometrics as company plans major funding round
Gait recognition technology from Watrix has already been tested by police in Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing, and the company has…
UK oversight group publishes ethics framework for police use of facial recognition
The UK government’s independent Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) has published an interim report outlining nine ethical principles forming…
Moscow police piloting AR glasses with Ntechlab facial recognition tech
Moscow’s Department of Information Technology is testing augmented reality glasses that feature facial recognition technology developed by Ntechlab, RBC reports….
Facial recognition software tested during Carnival in Nice
Facial recognition software was piloted for two days during Carnival in Nice, France, The Connexion reports. The city had received…
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