Re:European Parliament Calls for a Ban on Facial Recognition
by throwawaysea on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @01:07PM
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Do you need consent to be photographed or filmed in public spaces? At least in the US, there is no expectation of privacy in public spaces and if someone wants to film you - whether an amateur photographer, a journalist, or a police officer - they are permitted to, simply because it is their constitutional right to do so.
Re:European Parliament Calls for a Ban on Facial Recognition
by ginko on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @01:12PM
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>Do you need consent to be photographed or filmed in public spaces?
You do in Europe. You essentially own the copyright to your face.
Re:European Parliament Calls for a Ban on Facial Recognition
by master_lincoln on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @01:27PM
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That's not true. At least in Germany you can take pictures of people in public places without consent (with certain restrictions). Publishing these pictures is where the "copyright" on your face part comes into play.
The problem is not whether it's private or government.
The problem are multiple, but the main two problems found in an experiment with public facial rec. in an Italian city (Como, and now in Udine, too) are:
* municipalities should not have the power to conduct an investigation. That is a clear breach of the separation of powers. At least in Italy every access to information for investigation must be logged, from why it was collected to who requested access to it. Most of the initial deployments of facial rec are way too broad
* Our laws require consent before gathering information on people, and biometric has even stricter rules. Just going around in public is hardly giving consent