EU Considers Ban on Use of Facial Recognition Technology
A paper to be published next month by EU digital policy and antitrust commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to include a call for a three- to five-year ban on facial recognition technology while its privacy impact is thoroughly assessed.
January 28, 2020 at 06:23 PM
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The European Union is considering a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition technology because of data privacy concerns.
Next month Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for digital policy and antitrust, will publish a paper setting out the EU's plans for regulating artificial intelligence over the next five years.
This paper is expected to include a call for facial recognition technology to be banned for three to five years while the privacy impact of the technology is thoroughly assessed.
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