Scotland’s Biometrics Data Commissioner is asking the Criminal Justice Committee for more oversight over the country’s prisons. Commissioner Brian Plastow is specifically interested in the use of facial recognition technology […]

The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is trying to get a more complete sense of the state of facial recognition technology in the UK. To that end, Commissioner Fraser Sampson […]

The Australian appliances chain The Good Guys is suspending its use of facial recognition technology. The company had been trialing a security system with facial recognition capabilities at a pair […]

An assistant professor at the University of Nebraska has shared more details about his involvement in the Biometric Recognition and Identification at Altitude and Range (BRIAR) program that is now […]

Government authorities in Russia are planning to expand their use of biometric surveillance in areas near the border with Ukraine, according to a new report from The Moscow Times. Citing […]

Police in Thunder Bay, Ontario, are piloting a new video analysis tool that will dramatically reduce the amount of time needed to sift through surveillance footage. The city has already […]

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) in India’s Haryana state is extending its biometric surveillance network. The Department has already installed 1,130 cameras at 212 locations throughout the city, and […]

The Manchester, New Hampshire, police department is trying to recruit local businesses and the general public into a large-scale video surveillance scheme. The police are specifically hoping to deploy a […]

The Russian government is now demanding that state-owned banks provide their customers’ biometric data to the state’s Unified Biometric System. According to new reports, the government directive went out in […]

Irish lawmakers are moving forward with plans to give the national police access to facial recognition technology. The current version of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill gives the Irish […]