Tags: Facial recognition

Facial recognition at airports: individuals should have maximum control over biometric data

3rd June 2024

During its latest plenary, the EDPB adopted an Opinion on the use of facial recognition technologies by airport operators and airline companies to streamline the passenger flow at airports*. This Article 64(2) Opinion, following a request from the French Data Protection Authority, addresses a matter of general application and produces effects in more than one […]

Facial recognition lawsuit filed

16th March 2020

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the New York Civil Liberties Union have filed a lawsuit challenging the secrecy around US federal law enforcement’s use of facial-recognition surveillance technology. The lawsuit was filed against the Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Transportation Security Administration […]