U.S. House Rep calls on DoJ to investigate law enforcement use of facial recognition
A member of the U.S. House of Representatives has requested the Department of Justice hold an inquiry into the use…
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CloudWalk
CloudWalk Technology Co. Ltd. is a Guangzhou, China-based developer of facial recognition software.
Australian governments continue expanding use of facial recognition
The Australian state of Western Australia is planning to trial facial recognition technology for enforcing bans on purchasing alcohol by…
Mall operator suspends use of facial recognition as Canadian privacy commissioners investigate legality
Shopping mall operator Cadillac Fairview has suspended its use of facial recognition in Calgary’s Chinook Centre and Market Mall following…
Big Brother Watch takes UK police to court over use of public facial recognition as trials continue
Civil liberties group Big Brother Watch has filed a legal challenge to the use of automatic facial recognition by UK…
Rights group calls on Australia to prohibit biometric mass surveillance
Human rights advocacy group Access Now has panned Australia’s lack of attention to human rights while implementing its digitization agenda,…
UK mayor contemplates using face recognition to catch litterbugs
In an interview with the Bristol Live Mayor Marvin Rees said that Bristol City Council’s facial recognition technology could probably…
Facial recognition is at summer camp and being offered free to schools
Streaming media company RealNetworks has developed a facial recognition tool dubbed “SAFR”, which it provides to school administrators free of…
New system could soon send alerts from surveillance cameras to smartphones
Government agencies may soon be able to send people personalized messages from public security cameras with a system developed by…
London police continue facial recognition testing with Stratford deployment
London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have deployed facial recognition technology in the Stratford area of East London to identify suspects…
