Facial recognition technology ‘inappropriate for policing,’ say privacy rights advocates
Human rights advocates have raised serious concerns with the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, about legislative plans to allow gardaí to use facial recognition technology, describing it as “inappropriate for policing.”
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), along with six academics working in the area of law, technology and digital policy, jointly wrote to Ms McEntee last week warning about the introduction of legislation to enable gardaí to use the technology in criminal investigations.
