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facial recognition
ATO re-tenders for myGovID anti-spoofing facial recognition software
Liveness detection public beta now not expected until September 2021.
Sep 28 2020 11:41AM
Facebook wins preliminary approval to settle US facial recognition lawsuit
After raising settlement offer by US$100m.
Aug 21 2020 6:42AM
Australian privacy watchdog launches investigation into Clearview AI
Teams up with UK's information commissioner.
Jul 9 2020 5:38PM
7-Eleven Australia deploys facial recognition on customer feedback tablets
Says technology is 'not used for any other purpose'.
Jun 22 2020 2:28PM
Victoria Police admits officers trialled Clearview AI facial recognition tool
After FOI documents released.
Jun 18 2020 9:58PM
Now Microsoft bans police use of facial recognition software
Until US laws introduced to regulate the tech.
Jun 12 2020 6:37AM
Services Australia put face matching to work for bushfire relief payments
Biometrics database trialled with hundreds displaced over summer.
Jun 5 2020 11:50AM
Queensland next to upload photos to national face matching database
Will join Victoria, SA and Tasmania.
May 13 2020 6:22AM
AFP admits to trialling controversial facial recognition tool Clearview AI
After initially denying usage.
Apr 15 2020 11:26AM
Washington State signs facial recognition curbs into law
While critics say laws don't go far enough.
Apr 1 2020 1:47PM
Microsoft to divest AnyVision stake, end face recognition investing
Following probe into Israeli use of AnyVision tech.
Mar 30 2020 2:00PM
WA prepares for national face matching database upload
Introduces biometrics sharing laws.
Mar 27 2020 6:45AM
Even mask-wearers can be ID'd, China facial recognition firm says
With 95 percent success rate.
Mar 10 2020 1:20PM
myGovID facial recognition trials slated for mid-2020
Biometric tests for digital identity app progressing.
Mar 6 2020 3:50PM
Vatican joins IBM, Microsoft to call for facial recognition regulation
Pope Francis hits out at information asymmetry.
Mar 2 2020 6:44AM
NAB stops work on facial recognition ATMs
Despite tasting trial success in late 2018.
Feb 19 2020 7:00AM
Facial recognition could help discover fate of Holocaust victims
"Face to Face" project asks people via social media to send in pictures for scans.
Jan 22 2020 6:59AM
Alphabet CEO Pichai backs temporary ban on facial-recognition technology
Could be used for nefarious purposes.
Jan 21 2020 6:38AM
EU mulls five-year ban on facial recognition tech in public areas
To give it time to work out how to prevent abuses.
Jan 17 2020 1:18PM
Home Affairs delays Australia's airport smartgate upgrade
Rollout now planned from 2021.
Dec 20 2019 7:05AM
