Social Media Fingerprints

The ANZFSS Queensland Branch is pleased to present our July seminar.

Many investigators and examiners are unaware or unsure of how to utilize possible identifying evidence contained in inadvertently photographed hands and other ridge detail areas. Billions of images are posted on social media and websites. Understanding this increasingly common type of evidence is critical for the modern-day fingerprint examiner. Being able to advise investigators of the value of this type of evidence is possible when examiners have the knowledge of what is achievable. This presentation includes an update on some more recent developments in this area, including validation studies and some new Photoshop techniques.

Featured Speaker: Tim Fayle

Tim Fayle is the Training Capability Lead for Idemia Australasia. Before this, he was the Fingerprint Identification Director with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, California; and was a Crime Scene Officer – Fingerprint Expert with the New South Wales Police Force in Australia. He has over 23 years of experience in forensics. Tim is an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner, and is also certified as an Expert in the Science of Fingerprints by the Australasian Forensic Science Assessment Body. Tim is currently the Chair of the IAI Latent Print Certification Board, and has served on the LPCB since 2015.

Event Details

📅 Thursday, 23 July 2026
🕕 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (AEST)
💻 Online via Zoom