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biometrics controversies

New Orleans Mayor Wants to Repeal Police Facial Recognition Ban

February 25, 2022

The city of New Orleans is already looking to walk back its facial recognition ban. The city’s current ban has been in effect since December of 2020, and was passed […]

Clearview Does Well in Another NIST Test

November 29, 2021

Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition platform continues to perform well in independent testing. The company was the top-rated US solution in NIST one-to-one Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) results that […]

West Lafayette Mayor Vetos City’s Facial Recognition Ban

November 4, 2021

The Mayor of West Lafayette, Indiana, has followed through on his promise to veto a proposed facial recognition ban. The ban had originally been put forward by a group of […]

NtechLab Brings Controversial Facial Recognition System to Middle East

August 16, 2021

The Russian facial recognition specialist NtechLab is expanding into the Middle East. The company has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, from which representatives will market its products to […]

UK Surveillance Commissioner Sides With Police in Facial Recognition Debate

May 5, 2021

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 […]

Report Finds RCMP Misled Public, Broke Internal Rules With Facial Recognition Contract

April 30, 2021

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 Company Profiles Uighur Muslims with Facial Recognition

February 9, 2021

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 […]

LAPD Bans Use of Third-Party Biometric Facial Recognition Systems

November 18, 2020

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 […]

Canadian Mall Operator Collected Biometric Information Without Consent: Privacy Commissioners

October 30, 2020

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 […]

EFF Expresses Formal Opposition to DHS Biometric Policy Proposal

October 23, 2020

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 […]

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