The European Commission is planning regulation to impose strict limits on the use of facial recognition technology by companies and public authorities
Brussels is exploring ways to impose strict limits on the use of facial recognition technology in an attempt to stamp out creeping public surveillance of European citizens.
Out of all people, Ursula van der Leyen, with a terrible track record on surveillance & securitization, wants to regulate facial recognition. High time to work with advocates in US and push for something more substantial than consent & transparency! https://www.ft.com/...
EU plans sweeping regulation of facial recognition that will give EU citizens explicit rights over the use of their facial recognition data as part of an overhaul in the way Europe regulates AI (following the report of its high-level expert group on AI) https://www.ft.com/...
https://www.ft.com/... this seems v confused reporting. As it says, biometric data already needs explicit consent for private operator so problem is enforcement not new law. Mix up re public sector/police and private d controllers? Also not v clear if talking ethics or law.