A partnership with South Africa’s Barizma Solutions will see TECH5’s technology used to support law enforcement activities in the country. Barizma will integrate TECH5‘s contactless face and fingerprint scanning technologies […]

The United Kingdom’s Home Office plans to use biometric smartwatches to track migrants who have been convicted of criminal offences. The wearables devices will be equipped with facial recognition technology, and criminal […]

About two years ago, amid mass protests directed at police abuses and racial injustice, the city of New Orleans banned the use of facial recognition by law enforcement. And now, […]

Some major Western companies may be using controversial facial recognition technology from Russia’s NTech Lab, according to a new report from Business Insider. NTech Lab’s FindFace was designed to match […]

The New York Police Department will soon have to release thousands of documents pertaining to its use of facial recognition to monitor Black Lives Matter protests, according to a legal […]

Montana’s law enforcement agencies are trying to secure their access to facial recognition. The state is currently considering a draft version of a new biometric data protection bill that would […]

The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office has laid out a three-year plan with respect to its mandate, and it includes some oversight concerning the use of biometric technology. The plan, […]

HID Global’s RAPID ID fingerprint capture system has officially been cleared for use in the state of Florida. The certification comes courtesy of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), […]

The Technology and Innovation Commission in Long Beach, California, has formalized its request for a police facial recognition ban. The Commission has been looking into the Long Beach Police Department’s […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is emphasizing the need for transparency in government facial recognition programs. To that end, the organization has published a new report that tracks the use […]