City and County of San Francisco Set To Ban Facial Recognition By Government Agencies

Smartest move in years by the CCSF. via Gregory Barber, writing at Wired, comes a proposed ban of facial recognition surveillance on part of the City and County of San Francisco, California.

“Aaron Peskin, a member of the city’s Board of Supervisors, proposed the ban Tuesday as part of a suite of rules to enhance surveillance oversight. In addition to the ban on facial recognition technology, the ordinance would require city agencies to gain the board’s approval before buying new surveillance technology, putting the burden on city agencies to publicly explain why they want the tools as well as the potential harms.” – via Gregory Barber, writing at Wired regarding the proposed *ban

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosecurity.US authored by Marc Handelman. Read the original post at: https://www.infosecurity.us/blog/2019/2/6/city-and-county-of-san-francisco-set-to-ban-facial-recognition-by-government-agencies