Privacy Watchdog Uncovers Police Involvement in British Face Recognition Pilot
British privacy advocates are once again calling for greater oversight after exposing the South Yorkshire Police’s involvement in a 2018 facial recognition…
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London Police Announce Plans to Deploy Facial Recognition Cameras
London’s Metropolitan Police are officially moving forward with plans to introduce facial recognition cameras at various points throughout the city. The…
Clearview Quietly Sells Face Recognition Tech to Law Enforcement Agencies
Privacy advocates are in an uproar in the wake of a bombshell report from the New York Times. The report details the activities of a company called Clearview…
Cambridge, MA, Becomes Latest City to Ban Facial Recognition
The Cambridge City Council has unanimously voted to ban the public use of facial recognition technology. The decision makes Cambridge the fourth (and largest)…
Cardiff Soccer Fans Protest Face-Based Stadium Surveillance
Fans of the Cardiff City football club in Wales protested the use of facial recognition technology ahead of a recent game against Swansea City. The South Wales…
iFlytek Eyes Chinese Market with Improved Voice Recognition Platform
The Chinese startup iFlytek is hoping to introduce its voice recognition platform at a national scale within the next two to three years. The company leverages…
Philippines Police Adopt Biometric Tracking System to Catch Truant Officers
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) in the Philippines is moving forward with the full implementation of a biometric attendance and time tracking…
Delaware Senator Sponsors Bill Regulating the Use of Facial Recognition Tech
Democratic junior senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) is cosponsoring a bipartisan piece of legislation that aims to regulate the use of facial recognition…
Second Massachusetts Town Bans Facial Recognition
The town of Brookline, Massachusetts, has officially moved forward with its facial recognition ban. The proposed ban was first tabled back in August with the…
Face Biometrics Month: Controversy Over Surveillance – But Not Authentication
Just a few years ago, the kind of biometric technology most familiar to everyday consumers was probably fingerprint recognition, thanks to the explosion of…