New Legal Restrictions Needed on Police Use of Facial Recognition: Privacy Watchdogs

New Legal Restrictions Needed on Police Use of Facial Recognition: Privacy Watchdogs
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien listens to a question during a news conference, Dec. 9, 2021 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Canada’s privacy commissioners say it should be illegal for police to use facial recognition technology to monitor people involved in peaceful protest.

In a joint statement today, federal, provincial and territorial privacy watchdogs also call for a prohibition on any police deployment of the tool that could result in mass surveillance.