Biometrics governance is a nice-to-have for some police
Following the lead of law enforcement agencies fed up with tiresome lectures about thinking before shooting, some police brass have…
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It sounds like the US has Hikvision’s attention
In a surprising move, a Chinese maker of video and biometric surveillance systems and under sanction by the U.S. government…
New face biometric systems spread around borders but Congress has questions
In December, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency announced that it had deployed biometric facial comparison systems to four…
Face biometrics adopted in Hong Kong, expand in US for cruise border checks
Biometric face analysis and matching solutions to verify individuals’ identities disembarking from cruise ships have been deployed separately by Hong…
Face biometrics panel in US realizes it has bitten off quite a lot to chew
A commission in Massachusetts debating the use of face biometrics by police has found that the topic is more freighted…
Japan takes a good, very long look at its options in China biometrics puzzle
Japan could join the United States and the European Union in restricting biometric surveillance technology to some autocratic governments, not…
SenseTime relies on investor rebalance for $767M Hong Kong IPO relaunch
Chinese facial recognition provider SenseTime has relaunched its US$767 million IPO after retracting its listing in light of being added to…
Megvii, CloudWalk, Yitu to join SenseTime on US investment blacklist
U.S. investors are to be barred from investing in eight more Chinese firms alleged to be involved in abuses in…
US to blacklist SenseTime in time for Hong Kong IPO
The U.S. Treasury is to place Chinese artificial intelligence and biometrics firm SenseTime on the “Chinese military-industrial complex companies” blacklist…
Unanimous support so far in District of Columbia for mobile driving license
The District of Columbia appears likely to approve voluntary digital licenses for its residents who drive. Bill 24-043 has progressed…
