The legislation would prohibit any police agency or police officer from acquiring, possessing, accessing, installing, activating, or using any “biometric surveillance system” including facial recognition.
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The legislation would prohibit any police agency or police officer from acquiring, possessing, accessing, installing, activating, or using any "biometric surveillance system" including facial recognition. It would also bar the use of any biometric information or surveillance information derived from the use of a biometric surveillance system by any other entity. Provisions in the bill would also allow for individuals to seek damages for the violation of the law.
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Using massive databases, DNA and biometrics, government has become a stalker state.
WASHINGTON (Dec. 6, 2017) – The federal government plans to use a TSA program advertised as a way to avoid lines at airport security checkpoints to harvest photos and other biometric information that will ultimately end up in multiple federal databases. The TSA touts its PreCheck program as a way to avoid the hassle of…
An FBI program to collect iris scans and create a searchable database demonstrates how local law enforcement enables the federal surveillance state. According to documents uncovered by The Verge, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department has collected at least 200,000 iris scans and submitted them to the FBI over the last two and a half years.…
Government access to biometric data is rapidly expanding, with millions of Americans already in the system. These growing databases, primarily driven by federal policy, pose significant privacy issues. With simple snap of a photo from a police officer using an iPhone app can search through driver’s license to identify you. Now, facial recognition technology has…
The FBI Biometric database being developed right now will not only contain fingerprints - it will also store millions of facial recognition photographs, voice recognition data, iris scans and even DNA profiles.
“Kaye Beach’s lawsuit, is the only substantial challenge to government mandated biometric ID, to my knowledge, that exists anywhere in our country.” Continue reading →
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirms planned enforcement of the federal REAL ID Act - Please help me stop mandatory biometric ID! Continue reading →
There are no longer any technical or political barriers to implementing this unprecedented system of global identification and financial control. The only obstacle now is you and I. Continue reading →