Fingerprints Help Police Crack Cold Case from 1975
Fingerprint recognition has helped the police make an arrest in an unsolved murder case from 1975. The crime took place in a San Diego apartment on New Year’s…
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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…
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…
Laxton Integrates ImageWare Software into Chameleon Devices
ImageWare has joined forces with the Laxton Group to provide law enforcement agencies with better biometric identity tech for use in the field. To that end,…
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…
Scottish Parliament Justice Committee Backs New Biometrics Commissioner Role
The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee is backing the creation of a new post for a biometrics commissioner, however they are calling for greater powers to…
Biometric Hand Scanners to be Installed at Winnipeg Police Headquarters
Winnipeg Police Headquarters will have 11 biometric hand scanners installed at entrances and exits to track which officers are in the building at any given…
NYPD Fingerprint Database Disabled by Virus
The New York City Police Department’s fingerprint database was temporarily brought down by a virus last year from a contractor’s computer, according to the New…
Bipartisan Bill Would Limit Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology
A pair of senators from both sides of the political aisle have tabled a new bill that would place restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by…