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Avon and Somerset Police announced plans to deploy live facial recognition technology, joining a small but growing number of UK forces using the surveillance tool in public spaces.
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The UK government is developing a new legal code to govern how retailers use facial recognition technology in stores. The move suggests existing rules are seen as insufficient to cover the specific ways this surveillance is being deployed in retail settings.
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The UK government plans to use facial recognition technology as part of a significant immigration enforcement effort. Few operational details have been made public, but the move signals an expansion of biometric surveillance in immigration control.
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Police in Portsmouth are set to deploy mobile live facial recognition units, using vans to scan faces in public spaces in real time. The move extends a surveillance capability that has drawn scrutiny in other UK cities to a new location.
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A shift in congressional control following the midterm elections is expected to bring increased legislative scrutiny to federal technology policy, covering areas such as IT management, government workforce, cybersecurity, and data infrastructure.
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The UK government has issued a response to its public consultation on facial recognition technology, signaling a formal policy position on how the surveillance tool should be governed. Details of the response's specific findings or recommendations are not yet available from the excerpt.
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New legislation has been introduced to place stricter legal requirements on police use of facial recognition technology. The move signals a push toward formal oversight of a surveillance tool that has expanded rapidly in law enforcement with limited statutory guardrails.
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UK minister Shabana Mahmood has directed police to limit their use of facial recognition cameras to identifying wanted criminals, setting a boundary on how the surveillance technology can be deployed.
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The UK government plans to deploy facial recognition technology as part of what it is calling its largest-ever immigration enforcement effort. The move signals a significant expansion of biometric surveillance in the context of immigration control.
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New legislation is being introduced to regulate how live facial recognition cameras can be used. The laws would set rules around a surveillance technology that has largely operated without a formal legal framework.
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India's Supreme Court has issued a notice to the central government over its use of facial recognition technology to identify protesters. The court's move signals judicial scrutiny of how biometric surveillance is being deployed against people exercising the right to dissent.
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Newly released records obtained through Freedom of Information Act litigation show that the U.S. Postal Service ran a covert internet surveillance program, called iCOP, that monitored social media posts about protests across the political spectrum with little documented oversight or legal justification.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has publicly criticized the owner of Madison Square Garden over the company's use of surveillance technology. His remarks follow a data breach last year that exposed details of how James Dolan's organization conducts surveillance.
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EFF's podcast series 'Privacy's Defenders' revisits the NSA mass surveillance revelations of the mid-2000s, focusing on the moment a retired AT&T technician named Mark Klein handed EFF documents exposing a secret government program to monitor Americans' communications after 9/11.
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The Atlantic Council and Just Security have launched a joint series examining how governments around the world are expanding their cyber and surveillance powers, comparing trends across different national contexts.
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A live facial recognition trial is underway with the stated aim of identifying criminals in public spaces. The program is drawing scrutiny over its implications for the privacy of ordinary people who pass through the surveillance zone.
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Indian authorities deployed a facial recognition van in a Delhi market, using mobile surveillance technology to scan faces in a public commercial area.
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Delhi Police facial recognition vans, initially associated with monitoring protest sites, have been observed operating in locations beyond those settings, according to a report by MediaNama. The expansion of their deployment has drawn scrutiny from observers tracking surveillance practices in India.
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Little Rock's city board is set to vote on an ordinance that would increase oversight of surveillance technology used by local police. The measure would add a layer of public accountability to how law enforcement acquires and deploys surveillance tools.
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Nottinghamshire Police plan to deploy additional officers, a dedicated 'Fireworks Car,' and a facial recognition van across the county during Bonfire Night festivities. The deployment signals an expansion of live facial recognition surveillance into routine seasonal policing in the UK.
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UK authorities are expanding facial recognition surveillance and deploying e-bike patrols as part of an effort to address knife crime in London. The initiative marks a visible escalation in the use of biometric technology in public policing.
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Haryana police in India has added photographs of more than 29,000 individuals with criminal records to a facial recognition system. The move expands the state's biometric surveillance infrastructure to aid in identifying and tracking people with prior convictions.
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Hertfordshire Police is expanding its live facial recognition capability, according to a report in the Bishop's Stortford Independent. The move signals a broader rollout of real-time biometric surveillance in the county.
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Vermont residents are raising concerns about two ICE surveillance facilities operating in the state. A privacy attorney with the Electronic Privacy Information Center warns that recent congressional funding has made ICE the most heavily funded federal law enforcement agency, with analysts potentially targeting people based on anti-ICE views.
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