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In 2019, the Mount Vernon Police Department partnered with Motorola Solutions and PASS Security to install 73 Avigilon cameras, aimed at enhancing city security. The network includes H5A Cameras with License Plate Recognition, H4A Bullet Cameras for infrared surveillance, H4 Pan-Tilt-Zoom and H4 Fisheye Cameras for comprehensive coverage. The system is managed via Avigilon Control Center Software, offering advanced monitoring features. This technology supports real-time information sharing for first responders, facilitates evidence collection, and has contributed to the prosecution process. +
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This project consists of three packages from 2020 to 2022, and it could be more construction plans in the future. +
The tunnel connecting Suria KLCC to LRT KLCC and Avenue K is a hotspot for advertisers as is has a high footfall. Big Tree is a media player company who runs immersive campaigns in the tunnel as well as other spaces in the city. In this case, they outline their new Big+ engagement software which uses sensors, facial recognition and geofencing to target campaigns. An Acer campaign in the tunnel is given as a sample case study. Based on the description of the software given by the CEO in an interview, it appears that some form of demographic based facial recognition and data collection is at play. This is because the advertisement is able to recognise and track who is viewing the campaign and tailor what is shown next to the viewer. This data is also collected by Big Tree for analytic purposes. The campaign can also be sent to the devices of persons in the tunnel using geofencing. +
In October 2020 the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration deployed equipment for biometric control of those crossing the country's borders. It is uknown what software and dataset is used by the Directorate, however it is stated that the dataset about the local inhabitants is connected with the INTERPOL dataset to track information about international criminals trying to enter or leave Haiti. The biometric data used includes facial images and fingerprints. +
Ghana is introducing mandatory biometric linkage to sim cards. From November 2022, sim cards which are not biometrically linked to a user will be disconnected from the network. The decision has been met with disquiet in Ghana due to issues of data protection. The reason for introducing such a protocol is purportedly to reduce sim fraud and thereby crime. The supplier of the fingerprinting service is not yet known, but the name of the app through which registration takes place is Gh Self Sim Reg. +
A proposal recommends that South African children undergo "reregistration" at age five, capturing a comprehensive set of biometric data, including fingerprints, iris scans, facial images, and possibly ear pictures, to prevent identity theft. This initiative is part of measures to enhance the security of personal identification from an early age. Additionally, it suggests lowering the age for digital ID applications from 16 to 10 years to facilitate smoother educational transitions. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) also proposes modifying ID numbers to accommodate non-binary gender identities, aiming to protect against the misuse of deceased children's identities by foreigners. +
In 2007, Rwanda began collecting biometric data on all citizens. A smart card was also released. In 2014, the new national body for this process, NIDA NIDA (National Identification Agency) began trying to integrate all forms of data about a person to a single civil registry, and issued a smart card for this purpose. By 2019, this had achieved 99 percent coverage, according to the government. The ID is required for access to all services, including banking, and to cross the borders of the country. In 2022, the government states that they will have achieved universal biometric birth registry. Academic researchers characterise Rwandas use of surveillance technologies as 'intense' and oriented toward social control. The state may be overstating its benevolent use of the technologies due to a desire to maintain the perception of a strong central state. Historically technologies of surveillance in Rwanda have been used for social control. +
In the start of 2017, the supervisory body for private telecommunication companies, Osiptel, made fingerprint biometric identification a mandatory requirement to buy or sell prepaid phone lines. The fingerprint must match with an existing identity from the national identification register, Reniec. The main mobile phone companies in Peru were ruled to implement fingerprint biometric verification systems.
The identification of prepaid cell phone users is a measure adopted by the government to prevent these mobile lines from continuing to be used by criminals who hide behind anonymity to commit extortion +
In Malawi, a national biometric ID was introduced in 2017. It is not yet integrated with the health system. However, evidence from academic research shows that biometric fingerprinting has been in use in ART (anti-retroviral therapy) clinics since at least 2020, as researchers are assessing the opinions of people using the service. ART is for people with HIV. In Malawi, this is also integrated into antenatal care. Further academic research shows that academics have run trials of biometric fingerprinting in antenatal clinics. The performance of such trials is arguably sensitive as it is unclear how data like this can always be protected, even if the data is deleted. Further, as evidence itself from the research itself indicates, people do not understand the implications of their biometric data being processed. +
In 2017, Malawi began pilots for a biometric national ID. In 2018, this ID became implemented for all citizens over 18. The system is centralised, through this ID citizens get access to social and health services such as COVID19 vaccines. Internet usage in Malawi is low, however the ID has given rise to a points based citizenship system. The UNDP and Irish Aid were involved as stakeholders and made proposals for the implementation of the ID. +
Since 2012, South Sudan's Department of Civil Registry, Nationality, Passports and Immigration (DCRNPI) has been deploying a biometric national ID. The biometric data collected includes fingerprint and iris scans. A 'German company' is supposedly the supplier. Since 2013, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided assistance in the rollout, to this day it carries out the registration of displaced persons in refugee camps for the ID. Academic researchers show that despite the fanfare surrounding the deployment of the national ID, in practice it does not mark a profound shift in the bureaucratic identity management of the state, which aims to preserve the status of the military elite. The UNHCR's role has also been critiqued as the collection of biometric data in humanitarian contexts may represent a new form of intervention with as yet untold consequences for the people whose data is collected. This is because of the potential of such data to 'travel' and be acted upon in other security realms, which is particularly likely in a context like South Sudan where the collection process is a combined state/aid agency effort. In addition to this, in 2019 the United Nations World Food Programme, who works closely with the UNHCR in South Sudan, shared their biometric database for food provision in South Sudan with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). It can be speculated that because the rollout of the national ID is implicated with aid provision that data from these collection efforts may be being shared with the other UN bodies. +
Since 2009 The Gambia has had a National ID system based on biometrics. Innovatrics was the supplier of this system until 2018, when a new National ID system was rolled out. This one is provided by Semlex. The cost of the ID card for a citizen of the Gambia was reportedly four hundred and fifty dalasi at the time of release. This is around 7,000 euro. +
Police in Trinidad and Tobago will 'soon' be using facial recognition software. The software is already being trialled by an unknown security institution. The police will receive access to it in 2023 and will also receive body and vehicle cams. The move follows a huge expansion to the security budget in Trinidad and Tobago. The police will also get access to the network of cameras that will have facial recognition around the country. Biometric fingerprinting will also be in use by police. The contracts for these systems have not been released and so the products are unknown. +
Rwanda National Police report themselves that they use biometric technologies such as fingerprinting, facial recognition, DNA research and predictive policing methods. They also use social media monitoring and CCTV monitoring. More details on these uses could not be found. +