Scotland is trying to regulate the police use of biometric technologies, including facial recognition. Brian Plastow, the country’s biometrics commissioner, has sent a final draft to the justice committee for […]

The Adelaide City Council is in a standoff with the South Australia Police (SAPOL) over the use of facial recognition. Adelaide is planning to replace its outdated City Safe CCTV […]

“The setting of appropriate guidelines, training, and enforcement of processes surrounding the use of face recognition and other biometric technologies is critical to ensuring public trust and safety while respecting […]

The Biden Administration is looking to pass new legislation that would prevent abuses of AI technologies. To that end, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has issued a […]

China’s highest court has issued a ruling that could significantly limit the scope of facial recognition programs in the country. To that end, the Supreme People’s Court has stated that […]

The lawyers at Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard, & Smith LLP have written a brief primer that explains the potential ramifications of New York City’s new Biometric Identifier Information Law. The law […]

Utah’s facial recognition bill has officially made it through both houses of the state legislature after clearing the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill previously made it through the […]

Minneapolis, Minnesota, could become the next American city to implement a public ban on the use of facial recognition technology. The full city council will take up the issue on […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has tried to articulate the difference between the public and private use of facial recognition. The privacy watchdog has consistently pushed to ban the government […]

The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is asking the Canadian government to suspend the use of facial recognition at the country’s borders to give legislators an […]