The UK’s new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner is breaking from his predecessors on the subject of facial recognition. In that regard, Commissioner Fraser Sampson told the Financial Times that […]

The RCMP is once again facing heavy scrutiny for its questionable use of facial recognition technology. The latest controversy focuses specifically on the organization’s British Columbia Division, which violated the […]

Another Chinese facial recognition provider is coming under fire for developing technology that would allow the police to identify members of the country’s minority Uighur Muslim population. The news comes […]

The Los Angeles Police Department has announced that its officers are no longer allowed to use any third-party facial recognition software. The edict stops short of a full ban, since […]

Federal and provincial privacy commissioners have determined that Cadillac Fairview collected the biometric information of 5 million Canadian shoppers without proper consent. Cadillac Fairview is a commercial real estate company […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a comment with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to express its opposition to policy changes that would dramatically expand DHS’s ability to […]

A group of prominent senators have issued an open letter urging the Department of Homeland Security to back away from its plans to escalate the collection of biometric data of […]

The Detroit City Council has voted to extend its facial recognition contract with DataWorks Plus. The measure passed by a 6-3 vote, and will allow the Detroit Police Department (DPD) […]

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is coming under fire for its widespread and flagrantly deceptive facial recognition practices. The news comes after a record request prompted the department to […]

FIDO Alliance Executive Director Andrew Shikiar is drawing a distinction between facial recognition and facial authentication in a new article on TechTalks. In doing so, he argues that the use […]