Governments, vendors less skittish about promoting facial recognition sales
News of Colombia’s decision to buy facial recognition software from a Spanish company for its national police force lacks one…
Russia
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Russia bans foreign online ID verification systems
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a package of laws further regulating the country’s online sphere, including a ban on…
ECJ hits Russia with human rights violations due to facial recognition use
The European Court of Human Rights (ECJ) has decided unanimously that Russia is guilty of human rights violations due to…
Sberbank continues aggressive moves to lock up local market for retail face biometrics
There are a lot of problems with even covering business in Russia, but from a flurry of recent reports, facial…
Are Hikvision, Dahua security flaws aiding Russia?
A nongovernmental organization being described as an investigative collective is adding to the warnings about the security of some Chinese…
Moscow Metro biometric payment system hits 320,000 users amid surveillance fears
The Moscow Metro biometric payment system Face Pay has reached 320,000 users and is expecting to increase that number to…
VisionLabs enters Vietnam as Russian biometrics developers seek new markets
Russian biometric company VisionLabs is entering the Vietnamese market, Russian news agency Tass reports. The company presented its technology at…
Russia allegedly using facial recognition to preventatively detain protesters
What remained of the right to protest and express political opinions in Russia appears to be a casualty of the…
Russia investigates claims of biometric data leak
The Russian Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) are investigating claims of…
Moscow wants bid on large border biometric ID project
Russian Federation authorities reportedly are looking for bids on an 830 million-ruble (US$11.3 million) contract to build facial recognition stations…
