Amnesty Asks Volunteers to Help Map New York’s CCTV Cameras
Amnesty International is asking for digital volunteers to help map the locations of all of the public CCTV cameras in New York City. The organization is…
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UK Surveillance Commissioner Sides With Police in Facial Recognition Debate
The UK’s new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is breaking from his predecessors on the subject of facial recognition. In that regard,…
Report Finds RCMP Misled Public, Broke Internal Rules With Facial Recognition Contract
The RCMP is once again facing heavy scrutiny for its questionable use of facial recognition technology. The latest controversy focuses specifically on the…
Vancouver Police Drafting Facial Recognition Policy
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is in the process of drafting new policy guidelines to govern its use of facial recognition. The Department is hoping to…
European Commission Drafts Restrictions On AI, Biometrics
“The new laws include restrictions on how police can use facial recognition technology, with a prohibition on its use in real-time surveillance, with…
IDEMIA Renews Biometric Partnership With INTERPOL
INTEROL has renewed its biometric matching contract with IDEMIA. The two organizations first started working together in the year 2000, when IDEMIA outfitted…
NYPD Gets Caught Lying About Rampant Use of Clearview AI
The New York Police Department has drawn the ire of privacy advocates after misleading the public about its use of Clearview AI’s controversial facial…
INTERVIEW: ImageWare CEO Kristin Taylor On Innovation, COVID, BLM, and More
ImageWare has been a prominent name in the biometrics industry for decades, but over the past year the company has been in a phase of renewal that has…
Virginia Lawmakers Pass Police Biometrics Restrictions
Virginia lawmakers have passed new regulations restricting the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement, though the move has already led to some…
Estonian Government Lays Foundation for Centralized Biometric Identification System
Lawmakers in Estonia have laid the groundwork for a central biometric database for use by government authorities. As BNS reports, the Estonian government has…