TBILISI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From identifying voters in Afghanistan to...
TBILISI - From identifying voters in Afghanistan to speeding up service for tea lovers in India, the use of facial recognition surged in 2019 with expectations that it will become even more widespread next year, fuelling concerns over misuse.
Chaayos said data was encrypted, would not be shared, and customers could choose to opt out, but the incident led to calls from human rights advocates for the government to speed up the introduction of laws to protect privacy. Oakland and Berkeley in California and Somerville, in Massachusetts, have since put in place similar regulations.
5. CHINA - INTRUSIVE WILDLIFE - In October, a law professor in China took a wildlife park in Hangzhou to court after it deployed facial recognition at the entrance, requiring members submit a face scan to access to the site, local media reported.
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