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The facial fingerprint service provided by the Ministry of Interior was developed to keep pace with the aspirations of the UAE government in providing government services without the need to visit service centers, based on the directives of the Council of Ministers to begin harnessing the facial fingerprint service to the public and private sectors under the leadership of the Ministry of Interior. In order to support national institutions in providing unique and safe smart services to the public. +
The US military engaged in building a database of Afghan citizens who were working with the US military in any way which involved collecting their fingerprints and iris data, possibly along with data for facial recognition. The articles mention that the technology could be connected to four databases: the Automated Biometrics Identification System (ABIS), the Afghan Automated Biometrics Identification System (AABIS), the Afghan Personnel and Pay System (APPS) and the e-Tazkira. This biometric information is now in the hands of the Taliban and could be used by them to target possible opponents. +
In 2016, the Uganda Ministry of Health began deploying fingerprint recognition at HIV clinics. The project is set to last for 5 years. The project is aimed at stopping duplication and tracking and tracing individuals. Officials argue that many were abusing the health services. Uganda has a poor record with and enacts social exclusion of people viewed as being part of the queer community, and sex workers. There are high levels of violence against these groups and homosexuality is illegal. +
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Sources state that there was an agreement with a german company to set up a surveillance system around the province before the 17 February 2011 revolution. However, the project was under the supervision of Benghazi Security Directorate. Afterward, the local government in Benghazi has decided to continue the project with a Turkish company but nothing has been actually in progress, and the already existing plan waits to be implemented. +
Germany has utilized automated facial recognition technology since 2008 through its central criminal information system, INPOL (Informationssystem Polizei), managed by the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), the federal criminal police office. INPOL, operated on Oracle Software, stores data such as names, birth details, fingerprints, mugshots, and DNA records, though DNA information is not automatically logged. Facial images of suspects, arrestees, and missing persons are included. The system employs anatomical features from surveillance footage or images to match against INPOL data using Cognitec Face VACS software. As of March 2020, INPOL held 5.8 million images of 3.6 million individuals, accessible to all German police stations. The BKA also shares biometric data internationally through the Prüm cooperation. +
The sources differ in determining the installation date of the surveillance cameras in Beirut, whereas the government have failed to reach a consensus on the projects in 2007, 2009 and 2011. However, by February 2014, the project was approved officially and given to Guardia Systems company. The project aimed extending a network of complex cameras within the scope of the Beirut province, established under the supervision of the Beirut Police in the Internal Security Forces. The cost of the project, including value-added tax, amounted to 36,300,000 USD. +
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Highway traffic safety control system (control circle) construction project in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou +
Build an intelligent traffic management system by establishing a big data management platform. By increasing the number of chokepoints and monitoring equipment, collecting data, and using big data to comprehensively analyze real-time traffic conditions, information, and safety hazards to prevent traffic accidents. +
Hikvision Big data intelligent technology information collection equipment construction in Yongde Public security bureau +
This is public tender information from the Yongde County Public Security Bureau. This project plans to purchase 57 HD and 6 high-speed dome cameras. +
A school in Cape Town has deployed Hikvision to identify bullies. It is not known whether facial recognition or video analytics is in use however this is a professional grade CCTV system. It can likely be added on and deployments of Hikvision in other contexts show it usually is. +
Palms Shopping Mall is a vast mall in Lagos, Nigeria. Hikvision cameras were installed. The cameras are described as 'intelligent'. The features listed include people counting and automatic number plate recognition. While biometric usages cannot be ascertained, Hikvision camera systems can have this capability added on. The cameras here are not being used only for safety, but also to collect behavioural data for business insights which could imply the usage of some form of behavioural recognition. +
This public notice of government bidding from Foshan City, Guangdong Province. The current project proposes to manage and control the access of people in the area by face recognition/ID card or campus card at the main entrances and exits of the campus (east gate, northwest gate, and north gate) and realize detailed records and statistics for all the people entering and exiting. At the same time, the face capture management system will be installed at the main entrances and exits of the campus, which can automatically extract the face characteristics of the people in the monitoring area, compare and control the blacklist, confirm the identity of the suspects; and query/analyze the suspects. +
In order to secure over 200 service stations, TotalEnergies Ghana enlisted Steelholder Ghana and Hikvision to supply the video system. The system is 24/7 and lists object detection and anomaly detection as features. The use of facial recognition or other biometric usages cannot be ascertained. However given the usage of the system for security purposes and the capabilities of Hikvision systems to have facial recognition added on it can be speculated that this is at play. Furthermore anomaly detection sometimes contains elements of person tracking. +