Utah Bill Looks to Tighten Grip on Facial Recognition Use
The proposal out of the Senate is the latest in a string of efforts to limit the use of the technology in Utah. Allegation of misuse first surfaced in 2019, kicking off a long-running conversation about guardrails. Shutterstock/Legacy Images
In response to privacy concerns regarding Utah’s use of facial recognition software by law enforcement agencies, the state’s Senate recently approved a bill to prevent law enforcement from scanning the drivers’ license database using facial recognition technology unless they’re investigating high-level crimes.
In 2019, the
Washington Post published an article about a report by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology stating that the Department of Public Safety (DPS) allegedly scanned driver’s license photos to search for a wanted person at the request of out-of-state interests, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the FB