58+ min ago  (646+ words) The Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, voted on the government-proposed law on police use of AI for real-time facial recognition earlier this week. The new regulation is expected to come into force on July 1st, 2026 alongside amendments to the Public Access and…...

19+ hour, 56+ min ago  (693+ words) London's Metropolitan Police will begin releasing more body-worn camera footage as part of a transparency initiative aimed at providing greater context around police incidents. The move, however, has renewed scrutiny of how bodycam footage is used within the UK's growing…...

23+ hour, 51+ min ago  (702+ words) The European Biometrics Association (EAB)s recent morphing workshop highlighted two Horizon Europe research projects developing new defenses against face morph attacks targeting identity systems and border controls. Project EINSTEIN and the Safe Travellers project are working to improve morph…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (544+ words) Presentations on the first day of the workshop focused on developments in morph creation, metrics for vulnerability to morphing and the potential of different kinds of morph attack detection (MAD) for use at different points in the identity lifecycle. Mei…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1047+ words) The Sparks, Nevada Police Department is moving forward with a federal grant-funded facial recognition project officials say will help investigators identify suspects in retail theft cases, but which is drawing scrutiny because of its regional structure, use of police image…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (383+ words) Innovatrics is celebrating biometric benchmarking wins in India. The Slovakian company has taken first place in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Face Recognition challenge. It also made the podium for the fingerprint matching and iris challenge, taking second…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (549+ words) Facewatch has appointed data and cyber law specialist Dean Armstrong KC as its new Data Protection Officer (DPO). The company has also been granted Secured by Design accreditation, the official police security standard. Dean Armstrong is one of the UK's…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (712+ words) A multi-university research team has developed a biometric recognition system designed to identify people at long distances using not only facial recognition, but also gait and body-shape analysis captured from drones and elevated surveillance video. The system, called Far Sight,…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1218+ words) A group of Democratic senators led by Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Jeff Merkley of Oregon is demanding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) abandon a proposed effort to develop smart glasses for immigration officers. The lawmakers warned in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (372+ words) Alcatraz AI, a facial biometric authentication provider for physical access, has announced a set of platform updates that add audible alerts, automated firmware management, and expanded enrollment controls. The release introduces four areas of change. The Rock X face biometric…...