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Experts point out lack of privacy protections and risks of identity theft in Nagaland's plan of marking attenfance through facial recongition

A software engineer works on a facial recognition program in Beijing, China. Facial recognition technology is being increasingly deployed in airports, railway stations and cafes across India, with plans for a nationwide system to modernise the police force and its information gathering and criminal identification processes. — Reuters Facial recognition technologies installed in at least a dozen government-funded schools in Delhi are an “overreach” by Indian authorities and an invasion of children’s privacy, digital rights advocates said on March 2. The move to introduce facial recogni...

Facial recognition technologies installed in at least a dozen government-funded schools in Delhi are an “overreach” by the authorities and an invasion of children’s privacy, digital rights advocates say. The move to introduce facial recognition technology follows a 2019 decision by the Delhi city government to mount closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in more than 700 public schools to ensure the safety of students. The facial recognition systems are being installed without laws to regulate the collection and use of data, which is particularly worrying for children, said Anushka Ja...

'Pandora’s Box of Privacy Issues': Experts on Delhi Govt Schools' Use of Facial Recognition Tech An RTI query by the Internet Freedom Foundation found that 12 Delhi government schools were in the process of installing facial recognition technology. A schoolgirl reads from a textbook at an open-air school in New Delhi, India, November 2014. Photo: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee Rights24/Feb/2021 New Delhi: After initiating a project to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in classrooms and schools, the Delhi government is now pushing ahead with the surveillance programme by imple...

» India is ramping up the use of facial recognition to track down individuals without any laws to keep track of how this technology is being used India is ramping up the use of facial recognition to track down individuals without any laws to keep track of how this technology is being used Prabhjote GillFeb 10, 2021, 12:14 IST Representative image: India is ramping up the use of facial recognition to track down individualsUnsplash Tracking down protestors who were present at the Red Fort on January 26 is only the most recent example of how facial recognition technology is being used by law e...