Facial recognition

Ngee Ann Polytechnic announced a pilot programme using facial recognition technology in selected classrooms to automate attendance taking and support class management. The system uses artificial intelligence and data analytics to verify student identities and streamline administrative processes. The

Partners Serbia said it had submitted several requests to Serbia’s Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection to investigate alleged violations of privacy and data protection laws by public authorities. The organisation highlighted concerns about the growing use

A BIRN investigation found that Serbian public institutions have purchased thousands of surveillance devices over the past five years, including facial recognition-capable cameras, licence plate readers, voice recognition tools, behavioural analytics systems, and surveillance drones. Many of these

Article 19 have published a report investigating the deployment of emotion recognition technology in schools in China found the technology has been deployed in some schools, and is being heavily promoted despite concerns about it's accuracy, it's potential to erode human rights, and whether the

Police forces across Bosnia and Herzegovina are increasingly adopting advanced surveillance technologies, including drones, body cameras, smart traffic-monitoring systems, and camera networks with facial recognition capabilities. The article examines how these tools are being introduced to support

Six classes at the University are trialing facial recognition to take registration. Students attending the class need to check in when they arrive in order to have their identity checked. The introduction of the system has led to some disquiet amongst students - including those not attending those

VisionLabs announced that its biometric and computer vision technologies had been introduced in more than 60 educational institutions across Russia, including Far Eastern Federal University, Kazan Federal University, Tomsk State University, and several schools. The company said the rollout was part

A parent in Badong County has complained about Jingxin Youyi Middle School - a local middle school - implementing a facial recognition system to manage on-campus purchases. The system is the Alipay One Face Pass system, which - the school claimed - was deployed as part of China's Smart Campus

Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) became the first university in Russia to deploy a large-scale campus-wide video surveillance and facial recognition system. Implemented with support from Sberbank, VisionLabs, and Tekhnozreniye, the project introduced 24/7 monitoring across university buildings

A student at Western University has started a petition asking for controversial proctoring software - Proctortrack - to be banned. The software is voluntary for professors, with only some choosing to use it. The software claims to prevent cheating in exams by monitoring students via their webcams

Authorities in Grozny are planning to modernize school security infrastructure by upgrading existing surveillance cameras with facial recognition technology and connecting 60 schools to a single online education monitoring platform. The initiative is intended to automate staff attendance tracking

Proctortrack - a proctoring service used in universities across Canada that uses facial recognition and other tools to attempt to prevent cheating in online tests - experienced a data breach in 2020. Despite claims by the company that no identifiable information was accessed, more than 150 students

The Eskasoni Teachers' Union are raising concerns after facial recognition scanners were installed in the Eskasoni First Nation's school. The union are particularly concerned as the scanners have had issues with accuracy and privacy. The scanners themselves are made by a US company - a fact creating

A secondary school in Blagoveshchensk introduced a new security system aimed at improving safety and controlling access to the building. The system allows students and staff to enter the school automatically and is intended to make the entry process faster while providing better oversight of who is

A company called Tipsoi claim to have installed 800 facial recognition devices across schools operated by BRAC - a Bangladeshi International NGO who's Education programme operates thousands of schools across Bangladesh. The company claim to have initially implemented fingerprint technology - but

A network of Azerbaijani private schools called LANDAU school have added employee GPS tracking, contact monitoring, and facial recognition to their existing surveillance systems. Wialon - the software solution being implemented - claim that their facial recognition system "captures the mood" -