Hong Kong police will enable artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition technology across their expanding smart surveillance network this month to improve the tracking of missing persons or suspects, with plans to save the data it generates for up to 180 days. The…
The United Kingdom government is preparing to expand the use of live facial recognition technology at transport hubs and public events as part of a major crackdown on immigration violations. According to reports, policy documents published in October indicate that…
The Home Office's consultation response promises a statutory framework, a single oversight body and a separate code for shops and other private users, but… Police use of facial recognition will be put on a specific statutory footing, policed by a…
Senior officers announced that the force is expanding surveillance infrastructure toward a target of approximately 60,000 cameras across strategic public and transit locations by 2028. As part of the expansion, police are in discussions with major private commercial properties, with the first…
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Police have introduced the Ambis Mobile Face Search Tool to help field-level investigators identify suspects and trace the criminal records of habitual offenders. In one such example cited in the report, the tool identified an interstate criminal…
What did Western Australia’s trial involve? The trial ran from June 22 to October 31, 2026, and involved around 100 deployments across 43 locations in Perth and regional Western Australia, according to the force. Cameras “mounted on or positioned in the vicinity of a marked…
Equipping Hong Kong’s CCTV network with AI facial recognition software and connecting it to shopping mall security cameras would not breach local privacy laws, police have said. Police have said that the AI facial recognition feature will be added to…
Hong Kong police will enable artificial‑intelligence facial recognition across their expanding SmartView closed‑circuit television network this month to accelerate the tracing of suspects and high‑risk missing persons, following earlier signals from senior officials that the upgrade would…
The Smart View CCTV scheme has helped police solve 2,192 criminal cases and arrest 2,831 people as of October 31, involving serious offences including murder, arson, burglary and robbery, police said. Leung said finding missing people often requires large deployments and takes hours…
The State Department awarded Paravision the contract in September, initially obligating $1.3 million under an agreement potentially worth $6.5 million over five years, as previously reported by Biometric Update. CEO Doug Aley says the technology is intended to strengthen identity security while…
Face recognition and biometrics: police use and live facial recognition vans, Clearview, airports, shops, stadiums and calls for bans.
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