Site using facial recognition to match photos from Russian social media network sued
A new website enabling users to search the image database of Russian social media site VKontakte with facial biometrics has…
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UK oversight bodies probe government data set ethics and biometric strategy
The UK government’s Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) has been tasked with providing independent oversight of the Home Office’s…
Municipal police dept in New Jersey to deploy license plate readers with facial recognition
The police department in Millville, New Jersey is getting set to roll out seven new Vigilant Solutions‘ vehicle license plate…
Security researcher finds facial recognition company left database exposed online without authentication
Dutch security researcher Victor Gevers with the GDI Foundation discovered this week that a Chinese facial recognition company left its…
Biometric data protection bill introduced in Massachusetts
In late January four Massachusetts state senators introduced a bill that would require companies to refrain from collecting personal and…
Academics blast “legal vacuum” around facial biometrics use by British police
The use of facial recognition by police in Britain are a costly use of public funds that should be subject…
FIMA’s electronic document, records management system mostly in compliance
A recent Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessment on FEMA’s Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration’s (FIMA) Electronic Document and…
North Texas law enforcement facial recognition use varies widely by agency
More than half a dozen law enforcement agencies in North Texas are using facial recognition, with little public awareness in…
Dismissed biometric privacy suit against Google appealed and filed in state court
A recently-dismissed lawsuit filed against Google under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been given new life by the…
Victoria enacts rules for deploying facial recognition in public schools
Public schools in the Australian state of Victoria will require approval from parents, students, and the Department of Education to…
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