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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has signed off on a Privacy Impact Assessment that raises significant concerns about the use of facial recognition by the Department’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. The Assessment notes that ICE has access to vast amounts of personal and biometric information, and that the existing safeguards may not […]
CyberLink has formed a strategic partnership with ASA Computers that will lead to a more comprehensive facial recognition solution for commercial establishments. To that end, ASA will be integrating CyberLink’s FaceMe Security technology into its FR-1 security appliance. Thanks to those FaceMe capabilities, venue operators will be able to configure the FR-1 to monitor the […]
European Digital Rights (EDRi) is asking the European Union to ban all forms of biometric mass surveillance. The organization’s latest paper also calls for the suspension of any such programs that are already in place, noting that biometric surveillance is currently being explored in at least 15 EU member states. EDRi is a digital rights […]
The city of Boston is considering passing a ban on the use of facial recognition technology, a move that would make then the third municipality to do so in the state of Massachusetts in the past 6 months following similar moves from the communities of Brookline and Cambridge late last year and earlier this year […]
“Other important factors include the growing prominence of IP camera systems, increasing interest in smart city technologies, and growing VSaaS demand.” Advancements in facial recognition technology are a key factor driving the broader video surveillance market, according to a new analysis from Valuates Reports. The firm estimates that the global video surveillance market was valued […]
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic bringing increased attention to the solutions enabled by biometric technologies, Innovatrics is planning a webinar that will put a spotlight on one of the most exciting modalities of the moment – facial recognition. Slated for Thursday, May 7, the company’s “Focus Shift in Face Recognition” webinar will explore multiple use […]
Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That has confirmed that the company is currently in talks with multiple state and federal agencies to implement a contact tracing program to track the spread of COVID-19. The program would use facial recognition to identify people who may have interacted with someone who later tested positive for the disease. Contact […]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published the transcript of Jennifer Lynch’s testimony to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. Lynch is the Surveillance Litigation Director for the EFF, and was invited to address law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology at an April 22 hearing on the subject. In […]
The Canadian real estate firm 1Valet has come under fire for using facial recognition on its properties. 1Valet currently manages three buildings in Ottawa and has another 12,000 units in development. Residents are allowed to use facial recognition to gain access to their building, though the system will record and store images of everyone who […]
Washington Governor Jay Inslee has officially signed the state’s new facial recognition bill into law. The state legislature passed the new regulations on March 12, and they will formally go into effect in 2021. In the meantime, one of the state’s most notable commercial residents is already celebrating the Governor’s decision. Microsoft argues that the […]
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