Some Montana lawmakers said they want to strike a balance between assisting law enforcement and protecting privacy.

“We’re not a biometric company,” said ID.me's Pete Eskew after Massachusetts' unemployment agency said it will stop using facial recognition.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she wants police to have access to facial recognition systems, one year after a ban was implemented.

A judge ruled that a December 2020 law suspending the use of facial recognition in schools rendered moot a case seeking stop a Buffalo-area district from using…

The county, which includes Seattle, became the first county government to institute an outright ban on the controversial surveillance technology.

Travelers whose body temperatures set off thermal cameras at the state's airports will have their pictures taken so they can be pulled aside for further screening.

Worcester officials approved the use of software that uses automated data analysis to direct when and where police patrols visit certain neighborhoods.

Critics said the New York Police Department took a "lazy copy-and-paste approach" to a new law requiring it to disclose its surveillance technologies.

The bill would require state agencies to file written requests before using facial recognition, though privacy advocates said the law could go further.

State and local law enforcement agencies are making increased use of the controversial technology to track down participants in the deadly riot.