Legal scholars developing guidance for biometrics legislation
Two law institutes, one from Europe and one from the United States, launched a new collaborative project focusing on the…
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Ireland publishes age assurance rules
Ireland’s Online Safety Code has been published to establish age assurance rules and regulate content for online video-sharing platforms with…
New UK data bill proposes dedicated digital ID office, biometrics retention changes
The Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA) has been introduced in UK Parliament, and if passed it would establish conditions…
UK forensics database now counts 28.3 million fingerprints
The UK government DNA database has produced over 820,000 matches to unsolved crimes since 2001, new data on the use…
Policing and facial recognition: What’s stopping them?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner “If it’s legal and it works, what’s stopping them?” Police…
Landscape of UK digital public services changing with shift in strategy
The UK government has convened a panel of tech experts to steer its digital strategy, with the aim of changing…
UK police organized crime unit seeks new facial recognition software
The UK’s main law enforcement agency against organized crime is looking into new facial recognition solutions, as the country doubles…
Facial recognition and perpetrator focus – a culture shift
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Focus on the perpetrator. That was the message from the…
European Commission says it cannot exclude EES delays
After news broke that some European countries are not ready to introduce the EU’s biometric travel scheme, the European Commission…
UK productivity, fraud prevention goals motivate digital ID rethink: David Birch
Digital identity is going back on the agenda in the UK. British lawmakers are arguing that some ID is “inevitable”…
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