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Facial recognition systems can produce wildly inaccurate results, especially for non-whites, according to a US government study released Thursday that is likely to raise fresh doubts on deployment...

Biometric facial scanning won’t be a requirement for all U.S. citizens traveling internationally after all, the department decided.

Now all travelers to and from the U.S. - even if they are U.S. citizens - will be subject to facial recognition-based checks, a new filing revealed.

Amazon's facial recognition would alert Ring users if "suspicious" individuals are near their house.

Trueface will provide Air Force bases with systems that can identify faces, license plates and guns.

Commissioner Elizabeth Denham Also Calls for Creating a 'Code of Practice'Elizabeth Denham, the U.K.'s chief privacy watchdog, is urging police to go slow when it comes to using live facial...

A civil liberties watchdog Thursday sued the FBI and other federal agencies claiming the government is improperly withholding information on how it uses a facial recognition database of millions...

The proposal would require biometrics systems to verify age before allowing visits to adult sites.

The technology - which Facebook won't use in its own apps - subtly distorts face images so they're still recognizable, but not to machines.

Coming out of the Privacy Commissioners' Conference in Albania, Public Voice is launching a petition for an international moratorium on using facial recognition software for mass surveillance. You...