This section provides readers with all the news, press releases and reports in the Law Enforcement sector…
Illinois State Police director Brendan Kelly said this week that lawmakers should mandate the fingerprinting of Firearm Owner Identification Card applicants.
An MSP Sub-Committee in Scotland has said it believes that there would be no justifiable basis for Police Scotland to invest in face recognition technology.
A coalition of 75 rights groups known as Press Pause Chicago has said a moratorium on facial recognition technology is needed to prevent racial bias and privacy violations.
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle a lawsuit from Illinois users who alleged their biometric privacy rights were violated.
New Jersey’s attorney general, Gurbir S. Grewal, has instructed prosecutors across the state to stop using Clearview AI, a private facial recognition software.
When using real-time facial recognition to secure spaces, we are clearly touching on surveillance-related issues that could infringe on our privacy
Only biometrics can unify the age-old opposing forces of user-experience and digital security, says Isabelle Moeller, Chief Executive, Biometrics Institute. When it happens, the effect will be remarkable.
While policy creation for the use of biometric technologies at national borders remains a matter for government, best practices and guiding principles for effective deployment can be built through collaboration between the industry’s global stakeholders, says Isabelle Moeller, Chief Executive of the Biometrics Institute.
Widespread adoption of the smartphone coupled with an advancement in consumer biometric technology could finally bring the password era to a close.
