Tag: Facial Images

  • German authorities improve face recognition

    German authorities improve face recognition

    The Federal Criminal Police Office can search a database with almost 6 million facial images, the system is now being equipped with artificial intelligence Last week, the German Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer surprisingly moved away from plans…

  • EU facial recognition

    EU facial recognition

    Police and secret services can currently search facial images only in individual EU Member States. The EU wants to change that The European Union wants to make it much easier for police to cross-check facial images. In the future, it…

  • Europe’s largest police database expanded again

    Europe’s largest police database expanded again

    The Schengen Information System contains 79 million entries on persons and objects. These can now also be used by the EU agencies. A new regulation allows simple police officers to question people. With the publication in the Official Journal of…