Maui Council panel advances license plate reader bill, delays facial recognition technology measure
A Maui County Council committee has moved forward a bill on license plate readers while holding off on a separate measure dealing with facial recognition technology. The two proposals appear to be advancing on separate tracks.
Why this matters: License plate readers and facial recognition are not the same thing, and treating them differently in law makes sense. Plate readers log where your car was. Facial recognition logs where your face was. One misidentification from a face scan can end with someone wrongly arrested. The delay on facial recognition gives the council room to get that one right. The pressure will be to eventually pass both. Residents should pay attention to what rules come with each, not just whether they pass.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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