San Francisco Legislation Would Ban the City’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology
Over the last few years, there has been a marked increase in legislation regulating the collection and retention of individuals’ biometric information. For instance, Illinois, Texas, and Washington have enacted legislation regarding the collection of biometric information, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation broadly regulates the collection of biometric data. In San Francisco, one motivated municipal lawmaker with similar concerns relating to privacy and the disproportionate impact surveillance has had on certain communities proposed a bill that would regulate how the city uses…
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