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Rank One Computing has officially announced a new biometric investigative tool based on its facial recognition technology. Dubbed “Rank One Explore”, the system is designed to bring a powerful database-scanning tool to the end user’s laptop, allowing them to search through terabytes of media to find a biometric match via facial recognition. Rank One says […]
The Trump administration has formally submitted a policy proposal that would dramatically expand the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ability to collect the biometric data of immigrants to America. The final proposal was published on September 11, and is now in a 30-day comment period that will close on October 13. The lengthy plan corroborates […]
A preliminary vote by Pittsburgh City Council has paved the way for a new bill requiring law enforcement to seek Council approval before the purchase of facial recognition and predictive policing technology to be passed into law this week. Though the bill received support from the majority of the council, there are some who are […]
Novetta is celebrating after its solution took home the prize for Best Technical Achievement at the 2020 FedID Awards. The award is given to a solution that will have a significant influence on the government’s identity practices moving forward. This year’s prize went to the RISER Program, which was developed by Novetta on behalf of […]
“…their aim is to enable marshals to take a picture of a prisoner and then match the latter’s face biometrics against a prisoner database.” The U.S. Marshals Service has issued a request for quotes on the development of a Software Development Kit that will enable the construction of a mobile facial recognition tool for its […]
Another Chinese tech company could be facing international backlash after bidding on a support contract for New Zealand’s new police facial recognition system. The Inspur Group was one of 20 companies that appeared on a Pentagon list of companies that are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, which makes its interest in a national […]
The Executive Director of Liberia’s National Identification Registry (NIR) has made an appeal for more funding from the government in order to expand the agency’s biometric registration capabilities and reach within the country. J. Tiah Nagbe brought forth his proposal late last week before the Plenary of the House of Representatives to increase the NIR’s […]
IBM has come out in favor of restricting the export of facial recognition technologies to oppressive regimes. As Reuters reports, IBM’s statement is in response to a request for public comment from the Commerce Department, which asked in July if new export license requirements should be implemented for biometric surveillance technologies. Explaining IBM’s position, the […]
“The ban will takes effect immediately with respect to government departments, while private organizations have until January 1, 2020, to comply.” City authorities in Portland, Oregon, have just passed what may be America’s most extensive municipal ban on facial recognition yet. While some other cities have implemented legislation banning police departments and other government authorities […]
A new audit from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published this week accuses Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of negligence in the providing of complete and accurate privacy notices, as well as failing to conduct audits that would ensure its facial recognition technology complies with privacy standards. The report was conducted at the request of […]
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