Tag: ICPO
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Clearview AI: What does Interpol use face recognition for?
The International Police Organisation is developing a system to identify unknown persons by facial images. Interpol stores photos and videos from Internet service providers and other companies in a separate database. Interpol has also been using Clearview services for face recognition. The US company Clearview AI has collected around three billion personal images from the […]
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Interpol and Europol extend facial recognition
The two police organisations are using new capabilities to search biometric images. Investigators can mark persons or things and match them with other files. At the G20 summit, the Hamburg state data protection commissioner criticised this procedure. In the “INTERPOL 2020” project, the international police organisation is expanding its facial recognition capabilities. After a test […]
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Misuse of warrants: Interpol wants to clean up
Despite an explicit ban, many countries use Interpol arrest warrants to pursue their opposition. The police organisation therefore wants to examine tens of thousands of alerts issued between 2014 and 2016 more closely. The main focus is on possible asylum seekers. Article 3 of Interpol’s statutes prohibits any “any intervention or activities of a political, […]
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German government wants to repair Interpol
Some Member States use the international police organisation to persecute their opposition. 80,000 arrest warrants are therefore being re-examined. The Interpol police organisation may not use its international arrest warrants for political persecution. Article 3 of the Statutes therefore prohibits “any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character”. Nevertheless, the Interpol […]