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Facial recognition should be banned in Europe says privacy watchdog
- Friday | 23rd April, 2021
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its “deep and non-democratic intrusion” into people’s private lives, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said on Friday. The comments come two days after the European Commission proposed draft rules that would allow facial recognition to be used to search for missing children or criminals and in cases of terrorist attacks. The privacy watchdog said it regretted that the Commission had not heeded its earlier call to ban facial recognition in public spaces. “A stricter approach is necessary given that remote biometric identification, where AI may contribute to unprecedented developments, presents extremely high risks of deep and non-democratic intrusion into individuals’ private lives,” it said in a statement. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)Related article: Facial recognition, the new battleground for AI and privacy
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