The recording and analysis of a person's facial characteristics, especially to assist in identifying an individual.
the police have set up a system of facial profiling at major sporting events
Example sentencesExamples
Biometric information, such as facial profiling, iris scans and fingerprints were gathered from volunteers in Sheffield and stored on prototype identity cards.
There was a tie between facial profiling, videotaping a crowd to identify criminals and terrorists, and second-hand speech, overheard cell-phone conversation.
The use of "facial profiling" by the city police, with cameras scanning the faces of people walking through downtown, has sparked widespread outrage among many here.
Definition of facial profiling in US English:
facial profiling
noun
The recording and analysis of a person's facial characteristics, especially to assist in identifying an individual.
the police have set up a system of facial profiling at major sporting events
Example sentencesExamples
There was a tie between facial profiling, videotaping a crowd to identify criminals and terrorists, and second-hand speech, overheard cell-phone conversation.
The use of "facial profiling" by the city police, with cameras scanning the faces of people walking through downtown, has sparked widespread outrage among many here.
Biometric information, such as facial profiling, iris scans and fingerprints were gathered from volunteers in Sheffield and stored on prototype identity cards.