University of Arkansas at Fort Smith police chief provides update on facial recognition cameras
The police chief at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has issued a public update on the school's use of facial recognition cameras on campus. No further details from the update are available from the excerpt.
Why this matters: Facial recognition on a college campus is not a small thing. Students, faculty, and staff are being identified and tracked as they move through a space they have to be in. Most of them probably did not opt in, and many may not know the cameras are there. The real issue is what the system does with that data, who can access it, how long it is kept, and what happens when it gets someone wrong. A police chief giving an update is a start. The actual policies matter more than the press conference.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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