Critics Voice Concerns About Possible Clearview Contact Tracing Program
Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That has confirmed that the company is currently in talks with multiple state and federal agencies to implement a contact tracing…
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EFF Calls for Stricter Facial Recognition Regulations
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published the transcript of Jennifer Lynch’s testimony to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the…
Canadian Real Estate Firm Draws Criticism Over Residential Facial Recognition
The Canadian real estate firm 1Valet has come under fire for using facial recognition on its properties. 1Valet currently manages three buildings in Ottawa and…
Microsoft Celebrates Washington’s New Facial Recognition Bill
Washington Governor Jay Inslee has officially signed the state’s new facial recognition bill into law. The state legislature passed the new regulations on…
Microsoft Divests from AnyVision After Audit into Alleged Mass Surveillance Program
Covington & Burling has completed its audit of the Israeli facial recognition specialist AnyVision. The audit was carried out at the request of Microsoft in an…
Russia Uses Biometric Surveillance to Enforce COVID-19 Quarantine
The Russian government has been using a network of 100,000 facial recognition cameras to keep track of individuals that have been ordered to quarantine for 14…
KLA Adds VSBLTY to Ecosystem Partners Platform
VSBLTY has teamed up with KLA Laboratories in an effort to expand its clientele. The arrangement will add VSBLTY to the KLArity Ecosystem Partners Platform,…
UK Issues New Surveillance Camera Privacy Guidelines
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner (SCC) has joined forces with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to release updated privacy guidelines for the use…
London Artists Wear Makeup to Protest the City’s Use of Facial Recognition
A group of London artists known as the Dazzle Club are using makeup to protest the Metropolitan Police’s rapidly expanding face-based surveillance program. To…
Captis Releases Biometric Identification App for Milestone XProtect
Captis Intelligence has unveiled a new identification solution that was developed specifically for the Milestone XProtect Video Management System (VMS). The…