NYC Bill Seeks to Curb MSG Use of Facial Recognition
A proposed New York City bill would restrict the use of facial recognition technology at Madison Square Garden, the arena that has drawn scrutiny for deploying the technology to identify and exclude individuals from its venues.
Why this matters: MSG already used facial recognition to ban lawyers involved in lawsuits against it. That is not security. That is using a surveillance tool to protect a legal strategy. If a private venue can scan every face at the door and decide who gets in based on its own interests, that changes what it means to attend a public event. This bill is about whether a company gets to run its own face database with no real rules around it.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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