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Facing Spillover Gang Violence from Sweden, Danes Look to FRT

Trump Administration Looks to Expand Collection of Biometric Data from Immigrants

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that a proposal has been submitted by the Trump administration to dramatically expand the…

September 2, 2020

North Wales Police Expand Use of Live Facial Recognition

DHS Worried About Face Masks Thwarting Biometric Facial Recognition: Leaked Docs

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is complaining that COVID-19 is limiting the utility of its surveillance apparatus. The agency takes particular…

July 20, 2020

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DHS Starts Migrating Biometric Database to the Cloud

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is migrating its entire biometric database to the Amazon Web Services GovCloud. The effort represents the first…

May 7, 2020

New DHS Biometric Records System to be Exempt from Privacy Act

The Department of Homeland Security is setting up a new system to manage biometric records, and is seeking to get it exempt from the Privacy Act. In a posting…

March 27, 2020

TECH5 to Provide Livescan Tech to Virginia Police via $54M Contract

VariQ Awarded $350 Million Department of State Contract

Maryland-based cloud services and cybersecurity provider VariQ has announced that it has been awarded a $350 million contract by the U.S. Department of State…

March 17, 2020

ACLU Sues Government Agencies Over Use of Facial Recognition at Airports

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the United States government over its use of facial recognition technology at airports across the country.…

March 16, 2020

Facial Recognition, FinTech and the DHS in This Week’s Top Biometrics Stories

In another week that saw mainstream news dominated by the spread of COVID-19, FindBiometrics readers managed to keep the virus out of the latest top stories…

March 8, 2020

ROC Upgrades SDK and Officially Rebrands

DHS Announces Third Biometric Technology Rally

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate has announced that it is calling for submissions for its third Biometric…

March 3, 2020

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DHS Suspends Trusted Traveler Program in New York

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that New York residents will no longer be allowed to participate in any Trusted Traveler Programs,…

February 7, 2020

CBP to Expand Mandatory Biometric Border Screening to Americans

US Customs and Border Protection plans to further extend biometric screening to US citizens. The border agency has published a request for a rule change that…

December 5, 2019

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