New Jersey Supreme Court orders disclosure of police facial recognition use in criminal cases
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that police must disclose when facial recognition technology was used in criminal investigations. The decision creates a new disclosure requirement that applies to criminal cases in the state.
Why this matters: If police used facial recognition to help build a case against you, you should know that. Until now, prosecutors could rely on a facial recognition hit without telling the defense how they got there. That matters because facial recognition makes mistakes, and it makes them more often on darker-skinned faces. Defense lawyers cannot challenge what they cannot see. This ruling treats facial recognition like what it is: a fallible tool with real consequences for the people it identifies.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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