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Hammersmith and Fulham to Use Live Facial Recognition (UK Authority, Oct 09, 2025)
The move is part of Hammersmith and Fulham’s £3.2 million investment in reducing crime, which also involves upgrading 500 existing cameras to enable AI driven automatic suspect tracking, rapid footage searches, weapon detection and vehicle monitoring.
 

UK Data Watchdog Wins Appeal Over Facial Recognition Company (Irish Legal News, Oct 09, 2025)
A US-based company which added images scraped from the internet to a global facial recognition database has lost an appeal in relation to a £7.5 million fine imposed by the UK’s information commissioner.
 

How Is Biometric Tech Taking Player Security to Another Level? (Innovation & Tech Today, Oct 09, 2025)
We live in an incredibly exciting time with regard to technology; new developments are happening seemingly every day. This has given rise to many conversations around online security and how players can protect themselves when online. But to what extent have developments in biometric technology affected this?
 

How AI and Biometrics Integration Are (Outlook Money, Oct 09, 2025)
Biometric verification and AI assistance also help in financial inclusion. Those who face challenges with the complexities involved in the conventional means of banking, such as dealing with multiple PINs, can greatly benefit from these eased processes.
 

Voter Registration in Mombasa Marred by Weak Network, Slow Biometric Systems (The Eastleigh Voice, Oct 09, 2025)
Dozens of residents who arrived early at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) headquarters in Mombasa this week were left frustrated after poor network connectivity and slow biometric systems disrupted voter registration services.

 

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