Global sales of video surveillance equipment projected to surpass $20 billion...
Nothing is slowing the growth of video surveillance technology. Not spotty economic growth around the globe, or even the ongoing...
View ArticlePolice and ICE facial biometrics system in San Diego shut down to comply with...
If proponents of the use of biometric facial recognition systems by law enforcement agencies were hoping for a big boost...
View ArticleSmart city spending climbs along with deep reservations by residents
Citizen protests and lawsuits notwithstanding, municipalities around the world are rushing to install surveillance systems marketed as smart city technology....
View ArticleFace biometrics deployed for train station security in Asia, Germans pushback...
Osaka Metro in Japan started testing in December a facial recognition solution that lets people take the train just by...
View ArticleFrance looks to establish legal framework to deploy biometric video surveillance
French officials are looking into a legal framework to deploy public video surveillance embedded with facial recognition technology, writes RFI....
View ArticleEU considers 5-year facial recognition ban for public spaces
The European Union is considering a five-year ban on biometric facial recognition in public areas to figure out how to...
View ArticleBiometric surveillance, access control and workforce management on display at...
Vivotek has partnered with CyberLink to equip its IP surveillance solutions with CyberLink’s FaceMe AI facial recognition engine. The Taiwanese...
View ArticleResearchers find biometric, biographical and location data of thousands of...
A database of Chinese school children’s faces and their locations on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. servers has been found online...
View ArticleBiometrics and Information Commissioners criticize live facial recognition...
The UK government’s Biometrics Commissioner has criticized, alongside MPs and human rights organizations, the Metropolitan Police’s deployment of live facial...
View ArticleGroups call for suspension of U.S. federal facial recognition as state...
More than 40 groups have co-signed a letter calling on the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an...
View ArticleBiometric surveillance system demand will drive global facial recognition...
The global facial recognition market is estimated to surpass $12 billion by 2025, according to a recent report by Adroit...
View ArticleBiometric security technology at the Super Bowl is a big win for public safety
This is a guest post by Kevin Freiburger, Director of Identity Programs, Valid. Past Super Bowls have relied on helicopters,...
View ArticleEU no longer considering facial recognition ban in public spaces
According to the latest draft of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence strategy seen by Reuters and EURACTIV, the European Union is...
View ArticleMoscow launches live facial biometrics surveillance network NtechLab CEO...
Video surveillance analytics including biometric facial recognition provided by NtechLab has been launched at scale in Moscow as of the...
View ArticleFacial recognition datasets and controversies drive biometrics and digital ID...
Facial recognition and controversy around the technology were the theme common to most of the past week’s top stories on...
View ArticleThe next battleground for facial recognition: the Pacific Northwest
A regional chain of convenience stores in the Pacific Northwest is expanding its use of facial recognition systems designed to...
View ArticlePolice use of facial biometrics draws scrutiny; helps rescue thousands of...
Clearview AI has been telling prospective clients that it is offering or planning to offer facial biometric technology to at...
View ArticleUK ICO rejects privacy complaint about Dahua’s use of facial biometrics at IFSEC
The United Kingdom’s data protection agency has made face recognition demonstrations using unsuspecting industry conferencegoers legal so long as three...
View ArticleBiometrics-as-a-service monetization strategies to drive border control...
Demand for biometrically-enhanced authentication and identity management for border control is growing at rapid pace, as the technology delivers high...
View ArticleFacial recognition lawsuits, regulations, proposals and launches lead...
Court cases, hearings and proposals for regulation of facial regulation made up many of the top headlines of the week...
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