Mastercard and Visa are using facial recognition technology whose algorithm is sourced from SenseTime, one of the Chinese AI firms that have been blacklisted by the US government, according to […]

US lawmakers are suggesting that there is an even greater need for a biometric data protection bill in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. […]

Indian Railways is getting ready to deploy a massive surveillance network at the country’s railway stations. The first phase of the project will be completed in time for the beginning […]

Just weeks after ordering state-controlled banks to hand over their customers’ biometric data, Russia’s government is now working to pass a law allowing them to do so. According to a […]

Scotland’s Biometrics Data Commissioner is asking the Criminal Justice Committee for more oversight over the country’s prisons. Commissioner Brian Plastow is specifically interested in the use of facial recognition technology […]

The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is trying to get a more complete sense of the state of facial recognition technology in the UK. To that end, Commissioner Fraser Sampson […]

The Australian appliances chain The Good Guys is suspending its use of facial recognition technology. The company had been trialing a security system with facial recognition capabilities at a pair […]

An assistant professor at the University of Nebraska has shared more details about his involvement in the Biometric Recognition and Identification at Altitude and Range (BRIAR) program that is now […]

Government authorities in Russia are planning to expand their use of biometric surveillance in areas near the border with Ukraine, according to a new report from The Moscow Times. Citing […]

Police in Thunder Bay, Ontario, are piloting a new video analysis tool that will dramatically reduce the amount of time needed to sift through surveillance footage. The city has already […]