Lawton City Council Approves Clearview AI Policy for Police Use
Lawton, Oklahoma’s City Council voted 8-0 to adopt a formal policy governing the police department’s use of Clearview AI facial recognition technology.
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Norfolk Constabulary Scans 50,000 Faces in First Live Facial Recognition Deployment
Norfolk Constabulary scanned 50,000 faces and identified two suspects in its first live facial recognition deployment in Norwich, as UK police LFR use…
Merseyside Police Make First Arrests Using Live Facial Recognition in Birkenhead
Merseyside Police arrested two men in Birkenhead using live facial recognition for the first time, adding to the rapid expansion of LFR across UK police forces.
Western Identification Network Picks NEC Integra-ID 7 for Cloud Upgrade
The Western Identification Network is upgrading to NEC Corporation of America’s latest Integra-ID 7 cloud platform, a move that will modernize a major…
Essex Police Paused Facial Recognition Over Bias Risk as ICO Audit and Independent Evaluations Land
Essex Police suspended its live facial recognition deployments after internal assessment identified potential accuracy and bias risks, according to the UK…
Metropolitan Police to Trial Handheld Facial Recognition Devices With 100 Officers in Six-Month Pilot
The Metropolitan Police will launch the UK’s first handheld facial recognition identity check pilot, trialing the roaming technology with 100 officers over six…
CSIS Warns Biometric Databases Built for Immigration Enforcement Are High-Value Espionage Targets
The United States government’s rapid expansion of biometric data infrastructure for immigration enforcement has created a critical national security liability,…
ID Tech Digest – February 27, 2026
Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: India’s UIDAI…
Madurai Police Begin Expanded Biometric Collection Using New Measurement Unit
Police in India’s Madurai district have begun using a new Measurement Capturing Unit (MCU) to collect an expanded set of biometric and identifying data from…
UK Home Office Admits Facial Recognition Bias, Opens Consultation on New Legal Framework Amid Expansion Plans
The UK Home Office has acknowledged that facial recognition technology used by police is more likely to produce false matches for Black and Asian people than…