Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles: Face Recognition
Agency | Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
Location | Tallahassee, FL |
Technology | Face Recognition |
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Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has access to the oldest face recognition program in the country, Face Analysis Comparison and Examination System (FACES), which includes 19 million driver’s licence photos (as of 2015) shared with 273 partner agencies (as of 2019), including 17 federal agencies (including FBI FACE Services Unit, ICE, CBP, and IRS), as well as university police and many other state and federal agencies.
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Nonprofit report (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
More about this technology
Face recognition is a method of identifying or verifying the identity of an individual using their face. Face recognition systems can be used to identify people in photos, video, or in real-time. Law enforcement may also use mobile face recognition devices to identify people during police stops.