ISIS Faces Database (Cyprus)
Type: Law Enforcement
Technical information:
| Full name | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cyprus |
| Contents | |
| Images | |
| Individuals | 2,000 |
| Runs database software | |
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Developers and Users:
| Developed by | |
|---|---|
| Owning institution | Criminalistic Services of Cyprus Police |
| Custodian institution | Criminalistic Services of Cyprus Police |
Description[edit | ]
The owner and custodian of the ISIS Faces database is the Criminalistic Services of Cyprus Police. The database runs on software of the same name produced by the company Unidas.
At the present time, only the database storage of facial images for convicted persons is permissible according to the Cypriotic legislation. As of May 2020, about 2000 individuals have facial images stored in ISIS Faces. In the future, when an amendment to the law has been adopted, the images of unconvicted suspects will also be stored. This will increase the size of ISIS Faces by the addition of images from around 45 000 individuals.
Facial images are taken by police photographers in 6 Divisions of the Criminal Investigation Department of Cyprus Police across the country. Digital single lens reflex cameras are used for image capture. The requirements for image capture include a one colour background (grey), the camera placed 3 meters away from the person being photographed etc. Images that are entered into ISIS Faces are o f low compression JPEG format with a resolution o f 12 megapixels.
Photographs stored in the database are not limited to frontal views with individuals also portrayed at different angles such as side views and 45-degree views. The database allows for the storage of a large number of photographs per individual (up to 200). The facial images are entered in the database by the personnel of the Photographic and Graphic Laboratory of Criminalistic Services.
In addition to the facial images, various metadata for the person are entered into the database (e.g. name, surname). With new entries in the database, measures are taken by a responsible employee of the Criminalistic Services of Cyprus Police, to prevent double enrolment arising from aliases.
The facial data stored in the database is linked to fingerprint data. A separate AFIS-system generates a number associated with the individual and this number is also stored in the ISIS Faces database.
The images in the ISIS Face database are retained in line with the time periods as stipulated in the Cypriotic legislation. The retention times will vary depending on the criminal activity associated with the respective entries.
No uncontrolled images are stored in the ISIS Faces database.1
References
- ^ "Summary Report of the project “Towards the European Level Exchange of Facial Images” (TELEFI)". (2021) <https://www.telefi-project.eu/sites/default/files/TELEFI_SummaryReport.pdf> Accessed: 2021-03-12