Facial-recognition technology can't be legally used in French high schools, CNIL says
( October 28, 2019, 12:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: French civil-rights group La Quadrature du Net has welcomed an opinion by France's top privacy regulator that facial-recognition technology cannot be legally used in two high schools in the south of the country. The group had complained that the surveillance project violated the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, because of a lack of an impact analysis and a disproportionate use of biometric data. The Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés said the project should be stopped because it's not proportionate with the goal of improving school security.Full statement below:...
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