Millions of travelers cross the European Union’s (EU) external borders every year and their numbers will likely increase even further. Border checks will need to undergo significant transformations in ...

Can you support Britain's current DNA database and yet oppose plans for ID cards?

Federal agencies are increasingly relying on facial recognition to verify the identities of U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, with ...

ProPublica has published an important report on local police forces building private DNA databases, in part by collecting “voluntary” DNA samples from people not suspected of any crime. Some of these ...

In 2017, detectives working a cold case at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department got an idea, one that might help them finally get a lead on the murder of Maria Jane Weidhofer.

A new customs law is now in effect for non-citizens entering or leaving the US — and it gives officials the power to request your DNA. The Trump administration has made sweeping changes to the ...

The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen at the ICE Cyber Crimes Center expanded facilities in Fairfax, Va., on July 22, 2015. (Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images) Customs and ...

House Democrats are moving to slow the rapid spread of mobile facial recognition and fingerprint tools inside the Department ...

View of the biometric facial recognition system in front of a security checkpoint in the departure area of Hamburg Airport. Photo: Marcus Brandt (AP) A group of House lawmakers charged with ...

Critics warn that the plan would create an unprecedented surveillance architecture with inadequate safeguards and ...

On June 24, 2024, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) released the second edition of Radar Tecnológico (Technology Radar). This edition (the “Paper”) focuses on "Biometrics and Facial ...