[1] The ACT government has raised alarm over the national facial recognition database, claiming that it would give police ‘unprecedented and extraordinary’ access to the personal information of citizens without proper safeguards.
[2] The system will match a facial photograph to images on passports, visas and driver’s licences, and initially offer functionality to match the identities of known individuals.
[3] ACT’s view is that wholesale population level comparison of facial images goes well beyond what is reasonable and proportionate in a free and democratic society.
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