Privacy advocates sound alarm as thousands of Chinese facial recognition cameras head for Belgrade
Hundreds of facial recognition cameras, supplied by Huawei, are currently deployed in Serbia’s capital Belgrade, and thousands more are on […]
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Amazon, Google, Microsoft sued over photos in facial recognition database
Amazon, Google parent Alphabet and Microsoft used people’s photos to train their facial recognition technologies without obtaining the subjects’ permission, […]
Russian use of facial recognition technology challenged at ECHR
Activist Alyona Popova and politician Vladimir Milov have lodged a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) about […]
Many Police Departments Have Software That Can Identify People In Crowds
BriefCam, a facial recognition and surveillance video analysis company, sells the ability to surveil protesters and enforce social distancing — […]
Russia to Install ‘Orwell’ Facial Recognition Tech in Every School
More than 43,000 Russian schools will be equipped with facial recognition cameras ominously named “Orwell”. The state technology firm Rusnano’s […]
Facial recognition developed by Clearview AI likely illegal in Europe
The European Data Protection Board warned that Clearview AI’s technology is likely to be illegal in Europe. Clearview AI’s software […]
São Paulo subway facial recognition system slammed over user data security and privacy
A new surveillance system is deemed “inefficient and dangerous” as it fails to protect the personal information of 4 million […]
Can Data Protection be Guaranteed with the use of Facial Recognition Technology?
Facial recognition technology has undoubtedly brought convenience to our daily life. However, facial recognition protests have also been ignited.
Bill to Ban Face Surveillance Introduced in US Congress
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) […]
Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan […]
EU to pay 300 million EUR for face and fingerprint recognition
The European Union has awarded a major contract for a new fingerprint and face recognition system. A consortium consisting of […]
PwC facial recognition tool criticised for home working privacy invasion
Accounting giant PwC has come under fire for the development of a facial recognition tool that logs when employees are […]