About two years ago, amid mass protests directed at police abuses and racial injustice, the city of New Orleans banned the use of facial recognition by law enforcement. And now, […]

Some major Western companies may be using controversial facial recognition technology from Russia’s NTech Lab, according to a new report from Business Insider. NTech Lab’s FindFace was designed to match […]

The New York Police Department will soon have to release thousands of documents pertaining to its use of facial recognition to monitor Black Lives Matter protests, according to a legal […]

Montana’s law enforcement agencies are trying to secure their access to facial recognition. The state is currently considering a draft version of a new biometric data protection bill that would […]

The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office has laid out a three-year plan with respect to its mandate, and it includes some oversight concerning the use of biometric technology. The plan, […]

HID Global’s RAPID ID fingerprint capture system has officially been cleared for use in the state of Florida. The certification comes courtesy of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), […]

The Technology and Innovation Commission in Long Beach, California, has formalized its request for a police facial recognition ban. The Commission has been looking into the Long Beach Police Department’s […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is emphasizing the need for transparency in government facial recognition programs. To that end, the organization has published a new report that tracks the use […]

The constant fines and legal struggles finally seem to be taking a toll on Clearview AI. The company has tried to paint a picture of business as usual, even while […]

With privacy and government surveillance being increasingly salient issues in the discussion around biometric technologies, industry stakeholders may be overlooking the importance of political partisanship in the discourse, suggests a […]