WASHINGTON
― Over 117 million American adults are included in facial recognition
databases used by law enforcement agencies, according to a new study from Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology.
“The
Perpetual Line Up” found that 1 out of 2 adults appear in a facial
recognition database. At least 1 in 4 state and local law enforcement
agencies run searches with their own databases or another agency’s
system (such as the FBI), or have the option
to run searches in a system.
Clare Garvie, the report’s lead author, said one concern about the databases is underregulation.
“We
have to rely on the police department that uses the technology to
decide whether to put controls on how they use it — and what we found is
that there are very few controls,” she told The Huffington Post.
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