A decade-old effort by Canadian officials to use facial-recognition software to analyze passport photos is credited with helping catch a man accused of providing bogus travel documents to criminals.

A few weeks ago, members of the Nexus traveller identification program were notified that Canadian Border Services is upgrading its automated system, from iris scanners to facial recognition ...

A privacy expert says she would be "profoundly surprised" if a review of controversial facial recognition technology gives Ontario police forces a green light to use the software in criminal ...

The controversial facial recognition program Clearview AI was used without approval on at least two occasions by Edmonton city police, triggering an investigation by Alberta’s privacy commissioner.

While airlines and airports say facial recognition can make air travel — an often tedious ... Air Canada launched a pilot program in February 2023 that allows select passengers flying out of ...

Microsoft tried to sell its facial recognition technology to the Drug Enforcement Administration as far back as 2017, according to newly released emails. The American Civil Liberties Union ...

Facebook abandoned its facial recognition program, which suggested name tags for people in pictures, in 2021, deleting over a billion facial recognition templates.That came after watchdogs warned ...

A privacy expert says she would be "profoundly surprised" if a review of controversial facial recognition technology gives Ontario police forces a green light to use the software in criminal ...