How ICE Is Using Facial Recognition in Minnesota
(The Guardian, Jan 27, 2026)
The US Department of Homeland Security has used Mobile Fortify to scan faces and fingerprints in the field more than 100,000 times, according to a lawsuit brought by Illinois and Chicago against the federal agency, earlier this month. That’s a drastic shift from immigration enforcement’s earlier use of facial recognition technology, which was otherwise limited largely to investigations and ports of entry and exit, legal experts say.
Facial Recognition Technology in Maryland Criminal Cases
(JD Supra, Jan 27, 2026)
Facial Recognition Technology, or “FRT,” is a form of artificial intelligence. Maryland has cases, statutes, and procedural rules that govern the use of facial recognition technology in criminal cases.
Met Police’s Facial Recognition Cameras Challenged in Court by Man Falsely Identified as a Suspect
(NZ Herald, Jan 27, 2026)
The High Court in London began a judicial review into whether the British capital’s Metropolitan police is acting lawfully in its use of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in public places.
The Future of Biometrics in Formula 1 Racing
(NYU Journal Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law, Jan 27, 2026)
Teams have every incentive to keep their drivers’ biometric data as private as possible. In a sport where a thousandth of a second could determine victory, even marginal physiological insights could change the Constructors’ Championship, whose final rankings dictate how hundreds of millions in prize money is distributed among teams. Drivers would likely agree as it is their privacy that is at stake.
Landmark Legal Challenge Against Police Facial Recognition Begins
(Computerweekly.com, Jan 27, 2026)
A judicial review against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial recognition (LFR) will argue the force is unlawfully deploying the technology across London, without effective safeguards or constraints in place to protect people’s human rights from invasive biometric surveillance.
