Tag: facial recognition
Human rights regulator objects to UK police’s use of live facial recognition
The UK’s human rights watchdog has criticized the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial recognition technology (LFRT), arguing that the way it is being deployed breaches human rights law. The […]
Government expands live facial recognition, citing success in fighting serious crime
The UK government is set to significantly expand the use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology by rolling out 10 new mobile LFR vans to seven police forces across England. […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Home Office secretly lobbied for facial recognition company
Senior officials at the Home Office secretly lobbied the UK’s independent privacy regulator to act “favourably” towards a private firm keen to roll out controversial facial recognition technology across the country, according […]
Biometric mobile payments to reach $1.2 billion by 2027, claims research
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments will reach $1.2 trillion globally by 2027, rising from $332 billion in 2022. These […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Clearview AI fined £7.5m for facial recognition breach
Facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined more than £7.5m by the UK’s privacy watchdog for collecting the facial images of people in Britain from the web and social […]
Facebook tops the list of app that collect most data on users, claims study
A new study by digital privacy software company, Clario, has analysed the world’s most downloaded apps and – perhaps not surprisingly – found that Facebook, Instagram and TikTok top the […]
Tech Digest daily round up: Facial recognition tech used in Swansea
More arrests are due to be made this week and facial recognition will be used to trace others following violent disorder in Swansea, police have said. Seven arrests have already […]
Tech Digest daily round up: NurseryCam system breached
A webcam system that lets parents watch their children while at nursery school has written to families to tell them of a data breach. NurseryCam said it did not believe […]
Swann launches wire free security camera
DIY home security firm Swann has launched a wire free Security Camera that it claims can be set-up in seconds and which can be mounted both indoors or outdoors. Featuring […]
Google confirms October 15 Pixel 4 launch
Google has confirmed it will hold an event on October 15 where the tech giant is expected to formally announce its next flagship smartphone, the Pixel 4. The US firm […]
