Facial recognition tech to be used at festival
Facial recognition technology is set to be deployed at a festival, according to a BBC report. Details about the specific event, the system being used, or the legal basis for its use were not provided in the available information.
Why this matters: Festivals are crowded, public spaces where people expect to enjoy themselves, not be scanned and logged. Facial recognition in that setting means your biometric data can be collected without you really having a meaningful choice to opt out. You either submit or you skip the event. That is not consent. It is coercion dressed up as security. Who stores the data, for how long, and who can access it are the questions that need answers before the cameras go up, not after.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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