Key points The UK policing inspectorate made 16 recommendations on how forces use retrospective facial recognition. Forces ran 291,341 searches in the year to March 31, 2026, and 74 ...
Key points South Africa's Home Affairs department said Smart ID applications are now open at 753 bank branches. The target was 750 branches by March 2027, so it was met more than four ...
Key points A federal judge in Kentucky refused to dismiss a wrongful-arrest suit over a facial recognition match. The court held that a detective cannot hand the probable cause decision ...
The ECOWAS Freetown Declaration commits member states to accept the ECOWAS biometric ID card at borders from January 1, 2027, with rollout plans due by December 2030.
Key points Trust Stamp launched a biometric consent product for transactions started by AI agents on Nov 10, 2026. The product is called Knowing Consent and runs on the company’s ...
Key points INEC said it removed 1,609,553 records from Nigeria's preliminary voter register. The Commission's biometric system, ABIS, first flagged 1,545,052 records for examination. ...
Key points Budget 2026, released on November 5, proposes C$90 million to expand fingerprint and facial image screening of travellers. Visa-exempt travellers applying for an eTA would have ...
Key points Hong Kong police said they will switch on AI facial recognition on the SmartView CCTV network this month. The system will support retrospective footage searches and real-time ...
Key points DERMALOG said on November 4 that it completed NIST FastCAP qualification testing for contactless fingerprint capture. NIST lists 14 vendors that met the requirements in Special ...
Key points The Home Office published a legal mandate for live facial recognition in immigration enforcement, last updated on 29 October 2026. Alerts go to trained staff, and the document ...
