NJ Supreme Court upholds police FRT disclosure requirement. Biometric source code excluded from discovery materials Jun 25, 2026, 4:26 pm EDT Chris Burt New Jersey Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that law enforcement in the state must disclose its use of facial recognition during investigations as part of the discovery process in court proceedings. The decision partly sides with the state though, in excluding proprietary information like the source code of the facial recognition software used from the discovery demands. The ruling in State v. Miles (via Thomson Reuters) partially reverses the decision by a state appellate court that relied on an interpretation of State v. Arteaga that State Supreme Court Justice Lee Solomon Fasciale described as overly "mechanical" in allowing the demand for source code as part of discovery. The court ruled in Arteaga that police were obligated to disclose 13 pieces of information about the facial recognition system used by detectives before laying charges, which the appellate court took as precedence in Miles. "Such discovery cannot be reduced to a rigid thirteen-item checklist; a defendant's entitlement varies depending on the specifics of the case," writes Fasciale. In Miles' case, New Jersey police must disclose the facial recognition software and data they used before they charged him with first-degree murder, along with how they used it. "Metrics of performance" are included, and Arteaga asked for (and was granted) NIST FRVT results as one of the 13 points, but the key items are the biometric software's name and developer, what reference database was used, all versions of the probe image used and the match candidates returned. Some of this information was already provided by the prosecution after lower court decisions. Miles' case had attracted the support of the ACLU, the Innocence Project and the EFF. Article topics. Latest biometrics news. Jun 25, 2026, 4:32 pm EDT New survey data from KPMG shows a majority of banking executives preparing for AI to cause major disruptions to established... Jun 25, 2026, 2:30 pm EDT Jun 25, 2026, 2:22 pm EDT Omada has launched a new identity governance product designed to give European organizations full control over where and how their... Jun 25, 2026, 1:33 pm EDT A new fraud protection capability for live interviews of employment candidates on Zoom introduced by Brighthire uses signals and proprietary... Jun 25, 2026, 1:26 pm EDT Colombia's policy to integrate Venezuelan migrants is a model in how biometric systems and long-term planning can contribute to inclusion... Jun 25, 2026, 1:17 pm EDT Thailand is pushing digital identity forward with a physical gathering centered on talks and cooperation advancing digital trust. Thailand's Electronic...

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