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Authors from the directorate’s Identity and Biometric Applications Unit wrote that the biometric systems that will be used are less accurate than monitored systems for facial recognition” and that “incorrect operation is liable to lead to significant rates of errors and possible violations of human rights.”
Directorate officials also included a document they composed in July which warns against using facial recognition cameras to maintain public order in places like stadiums or demonstrations. It asserts that this usage “could lead to excessive collection of facial pictures of people in a way that is liable to be used for surveilling them, documenting their movement and documenting their political positions – thus violating privacy, diminishing a person’s sense of liberty and freedom of expression because of the chilling effect of this type of surveillance.”