Moscow rolls out live facial recognition system with an app to alert police
Moscow is the latest major city to introduce live facial recognition cameras to its streets, with Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announcing […]
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London Police Will Deploy Live Facial Recognition Cameras
London’s Metropolitan Police announced Friday they would begin rolling out new facial recognition cameras, despite controversy. The Metropolitan Police, the […]
London police to deploy live facial recognition cameras
The Metropolitan police has announced that it will begin the operational use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology. The cameras […]
Australian government secretly releasing sensitive medical records to police
The Australian government is releasing highly sensitive medical records to police through a secret regime that experts say contains fundamentally […]
EDPS investigates European Parliament’s 2019 election activities and takes enforcement actions
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is carrying out an investigation into the European Parliament’s use of a US-based political […]
Lawmakers introduce bill to help police access digital evidence during investigations
Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) on Friday introduced bipartisan legislation to help police officers learn how to access digital evidence, including data and […]
US court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops
A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travelers […]
EU and US work on electronic evidence agreement
European Commission and U.S. Department of Justice officials met on September 25 to begin formal negotiations on an EU-U.S. agreement […]
UK Court Dismisses Challenge to Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology
On September 4, 2019, the High Court of England and Wales dismissed a challenge to South Wales Police’s use of […]
EU-US launch talks on e-evidence access
EU member states have approved a mandate for the European Commission to launch international negotiations with the U.S. to speed […]
FBI proposal outlines plans for large-scale collection of social media data
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is planning to step up its efforts to monitor social media platforms more aggressively in […]
Amazon’s Ring Is a Perfect Storm of Privacy Threats
Recent reports show that Ring has partnered with police departments across the country to hawk this new surveillance system—going so […]