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A survey by Pew Research Center finds that Americans support use of facial recognition by law enforcement , but not by tech or advertising companies.

Metropolitan Police Gave Images to Developer, Mayor SaysThe use of facial recognition technology within a fashionable section of London is continuing to stir controversy with an admission this...

Facebook will not allow users to "opt out" of its face recognition feature.

Facebook on Tuesday said facial recognition technology applied to photos at the social network will be an opt-in feature. read more

Sweden Issues Penalty After School Tests the TechnologySweden's Data Protection Authority has issued its first fine for violations of the European Union's General Data Protection regulation after...

IDrive Online Backup has officially released IDrive Face, enabling businesses and developers to build face recognition apps and integrate face recognition into their software products. IDrive Face...

The Technology Sparks Privacy Concerns in the U.K. and BeyondA developer's use of facial recognition technology to scan the faces of pedestrians in London has sparked concerns from residents, the...

More unregulated creepycams blight London Britons working for Google at its London HQ are being secretly spied on by creepy facial recognition cameras – but these ones aren't operated by the...

The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection.

The UK government should suspend trials of automatic facial recognition systems until it can meet regulators’ concerns about the technology, according to a report released Friday.