Cybersecurity & Tech Surveillance & Privacy

Report Finds Widespread Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Federal Agencies Could Pose Privacy Risk

Rohini Kurup
Thursday, July 1, 2021, 11:26 AM

The report recommends that agencies track and assess the systems they use to mitigate the privacy and accuracy risks.

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On June 29, the Government Accountability Office released a report on the widespread use of facial recognition technology by federal government agencies. The report surveyed 42 federal agencies and found that 20 used the technology. While some have their own technology, most have used private companies, such as Clearview AI, and many could not identify which systems they had used. The report recommends that agencies track and assess the systems they use to mitigate the privacy and accuracy risks.

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Rohini Kurup is a J.D. candidate at the University of Virginia School of Law. Prior to law school, she worked as an associate editor of Lawfare and a research analyst at the Brookings Institution. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College.

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