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Developing a facial recognition policy in Portland

2019-12-19 22:13:28| PortlandOnline

Smart City PDX is coordinating the development of draft policies addressing the use of public and private facial recognition technologies for future consideration by Portland City Council.

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What is facial recognition and why is the City of Portland trying to regulate it?

2019-12-19 22:12:48| PortlandOnline

The City of Portland is considering policies to regulate surveillance technologies in 2020. This post describes facial recognition and why city governments are considering regulation.

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China says new Sim owners must submit to facial scans for identity check

2019-12-02 09:28:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The Chinese government has announced that telecom companies must take facial scans of all people registering new Sim cards, the Guardian reported. The rule, which states that telecom firms must deploy "artificial intelligence and other technical methods" to check the identities of people buying new Sim cards, went into effect on 1 December for physical stores.

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France to launch Alicem facial recognition ID system in Nov, amid outcry about privacy and consent

2019-10-04 14:25:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The French government is planning to introduce a mandatory national ID programme based on facial recognition, Bloomberg reported. The system, called Alicem, will give people a secure digital identity and make the state more efficient, the government said. Alicem was meant to launch at Christmas but will now come out in in November, despite the many privacy, security and consent concerns it has raised. French data regulator Cnil is against the programme, saying it breaches European rules of consent. Privacy group Quadrature du Net is challenging the plan in court but the case, filed in July, will not see the the launch delayed. Regarding security, hackers were able to break into the system very quickly this past year, raising concerns about the state's security standards.

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