Schlagwort: Facial Recognition
„AI Act“: Germany in favour of facial recognition, against lie detectors
In Brussels, governments and parliament discuss a law on artificial intelligence The German government is committed to improving facial recognition procedures throughout the EU with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). Such systems should admittedly not be able to be used by the police in real time. In investigations, however, the authorities should be allowed […]
Facial recognition and mobility tracking: UK is monitoring foreign criminals with smartwatches
Five times a day, people awaiting trial or deportation can be prompted by an app to scan their face. Together with location data, the information will be stored by the prison administration for up to six years. The UK Ministry of Justice wants to track convicted criminals with the help of detachable smartwatches. This is […]
DNA, facial images and fingerprints: German biometric police systems contain 10 million people
Police authorities are increasingly requesting biometric data, more and more often with success. The search is carried out in German and European information systems. However, the results are not always trustworthy. Since 2008, German police forces have been able to search biometric photographs in the INPOL file at the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). For […]
Plans for „Prüm II“: EU member states also want to query driving licence facial images
In the framework of the Prüm decisions, police forces have networked their files for fingerprints, DNA data and motor vehicle data across Europe. A new regulation is to extend this to faces. Now there is a threat of further tightening. With a new „Regulation on automated data exchange for police cooperation“, the European Commission wants […]