University of Buckingham, TechConnect West Virginia receive grants for biometrics R&D
The University of Buckingham’s Department of Applied Computing has been awarded £120,000 (US $181,780) in government funding and investment from…
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National Security and Resilience Conference
National Security and Resilience Conference Oct 20-21 in London, UK Global turbulence is expected. Competition, instability and uncertainty are constants…
UK Home Office considers increasing regulations for facial recognition use
The UK’s Home Office is considering increasing the regulations for retention of face recognition records, following criticisms from privacy adovacates…
Worldpay considering integrating facial recognition for UK card transactions
UK payment processing firm Worldpay is looking into ways in which facial recognition can be implemented to help verify consumer…
Police use of facial recognition technology to be reviewed by ethics committee
The Leicestershire Police’s use of facial recognition technology is under review by the force’s new ethics committee, the Leicester Mercury…
UK government developing ‘trust framework’ for commercial use of personal data
The UK government is currently working to develop a framework designed to encourage businesses to be more transparent in the…
Leicestershire Police expand use of face recognition technology
Police in Leicestershire, UK are now using facial recognition hardware that scans the characteristics of a known offender or suspect’s…
UK Home Office supports using coercion to get migrant fingerprints
The UK’s Home Office has pledged its support for border officials using force to collect the fingerprints of migrants as…
Rapid DNA results uploaded for the first time to UK’s DNA database
Rapid human DNA identification technology firm IntegenX announced that The National DNA Database (NDNAD) had forensic DNA profiles uploaded from…
UK consumers find facial recognition-driven targeted ads “creepy”: RichRelevance report
RichRelevance published a new UK study, “Creepy or Cool” that reveals that 70% of UK shoppers find facial recognition technology…
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