Ghana has launched what it describes as Africa’s first national identity card with integrated payment functionality, enabling the Ghana Card — which already connects over 17 public databases and is mandatory for SIM registration, banking and public services — to …
Prospect Magazine has published a detailed analysis of the expansion of live facial recognition in England and Wales, reporting that police forces scanned 8.6 million faces using LFR in the most recent year, up from 4.7 million the year before. …
Former UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson argues that the declining cost and rising reliability of live facial recognition technology is materially changing what constitutes an effective police investigation, with potential liability consequences for forces that choose not …
At RSA Conference 2026, a cybersecurity professional demonstrated that weaknesses in identity assurance during biometric enrolment propagate directly into downstream facial recognition matching decisions. The session argued that even technically accurate FRT systems can produce unreliable operational outputs if the …
The EU Entry/Exit System (EES), which digitally records biometric entry and exit data — four fingerprints and a facial image — for non-EU nationals across 29 Schengen countries, becomes fully operational on 10 April 2026. Implementation began on 12 October …
Illinois House Bill 5521, the Biometric Surveillance Act introduced by Rep Kelly Cassidy, would prohibit state and local law enforcement from using facial recognition technology and other biometric identifiers including fingerprints, voice prints and iris scans. Republican legislator and serving …
Spain’s digital national identity document (DNI) acquired full legal status for public and private sector use from 1 April 2026 under Royal Decree 255/2025. The MiDNI mobile app uses time-limited QR codes connected in real time to Spanish National Police …
The ID Tech 27 March digest covers two vendor and research items: at RSA Conference 2026 in San Francisco, researchers demonstrated working adversarial attacks and digital injection techniques against operational live facial recognition surveillance systems, calling for cryptographic integrity checks …
The Dutch Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) has published its Annual Plan 2026, identifying three strategic priorities for 2026–2028: countering mass surveillance, intensifying oversight of artificial intelligence, and strengthening digital resilience. In the law enforcement domain, the AP will continue inspections of …
Delhi Police deployed AI-powered smart glasses linked to a database of approximately 65,000 known offenders at the 2026 Republic Day parade, marking the first use of such wearable facial recognition technology by the force. All CCTV cameras were simultaneously integrated …
Ghana has launched what it describes as Africa’s first national identity card with integrated payment functionality, enabling the Ghana Card — which already connects over 17 public databases and is mandatory for SIM registration, banking and public services — to …
Prospect Magazine has published a detailed analysis of the expansion of live facial recognition in England and Wales, reporting that police forces scanned 8.6 million faces using LFR in the most recent year, up from 4.7 million the year before. …
Former UK Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson argues that the declining cost and rising reliability of live facial recognition technology is materially changing what constitutes an effective police investigation, with potential liability consequences for forces that choose not …
At RSA Conference 2026, a cybersecurity professional demonstrated that weaknesses in identity assurance during biometric enrolment propagate directly into downstream facial recognition matching decisions. The session argued that even technically accurate FRT systems can produce unreliable operational outputs if the …
The EU Entry/Exit System (EES), which digitally records biometric entry and exit data — four fingerprints and a facial image — for non-EU nationals across 29 Schengen countries, becomes fully operational on 10 April 2026. Implementation began on 12 October …
Illinois House Bill 5521, the Biometric Surveillance Act introduced by Rep Kelly Cassidy, would prohibit state and local law enforcement from using facial recognition technology and other biometric identifiers including fingerprints, voice prints and iris scans. Republican legislator and serving …
Spain’s digital national identity document (DNI) acquired full legal status for public and private sector use from 1 April 2026 under Royal Decree 255/2025. The MiDNI mobile app uses time-limited QR codes connected in real time to Spanish National Police …
The ID Tech 27 March digest covers two vendor and research items: at RSA Conference 2026 in San Francisco, researchers demonstrated working adversarial attacks and digital injection techniques against operational live facial recognition surveillance systems, calling for cryptographic integrity checks …
The Dutch Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) has published its Annual Plan 2026, identifying three strategic priorities for 2026–2028: countering mass surveillance, intensifying oversight of artificial intelligence, and strengthening digital resilience. In the law enforcement domain, the AP will continue inspections of …
Delhi Police deployed AI-powered smart glasses linked to a database of approximately 65,000 known offenders at the 2026 Republic Day parade, marking the first use of such wearable facial recognition technology by the force. All CCTV cameras were simultaneously integrated …