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The line between ensuring security and violating personal boundaries is thinner than it seems.
More than 30 civil and digital rights organizations have called for legal restrictions on the use of biometric surveillance in New York. They expressed concerns about the use of such technologies to spy on citizens during their daily activities, such as shopping for groceries or attending sporting events.
The appeal was supported by the New York Civil Liberties League, the Project for Monitoring Surveillance Technologies, Amnesty International and other organizations. All of them expressed support for two upcoming bills aimed at banning the use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies in public places and residential buildings.
In the corresponding letter, the groups indicate that the city Hall is delaying the adoption of these bills, while biometric recognition technologies can be "biased, error-prone and harmful to marginalized communities."
The first bill, "1014-2023," would prohibit organizations and individuals providing public housing from using any biometric recognition technology to verify or identify their customers; prohibit businesses from barring customers from entering based on FRT; and prohibit companies from selling customers biometric data.
The second law, "1024-2023", focuses on the use of facial recognition technologies in residential areas. The groups expressed concerns about landlords possible misuse of the technology to evict tenants "with stable rents but infrequent home visits." According to human rights activists, there have already been such cases.
It is important to note that, despite the overall effectiveness of the technology, it can still make mistakes, especially in relation to dark-skinned people, and therefore it can put unnecessary stress on innocent people.
At the international level, in the European Union, a bill is already being considered proposing a complete ban on the use of AI for biometric surveillance and predictive police visits, but it may take several more years before such a law is actually adopted.
More than 30 civil and digital rights organizations have called for legal restrictions on the use of biometric surveillance in New York. They expressed concerns about the use of such technologies to spy on citizens during their daily activities, such as shopping for groceries or attending sporting events.
The appeal was supported by the New York Civil Liberties League, the Project for Monitoring Surveillance Technologies, Amnesty International and other organizations. All of them expressed support for two upcoming bills aimed at banning the use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies in public places and residential buildings.
In the corresponding letter, the groups indicate that the city Hall is delaying the adoption of these bills, while biometric recognition technologies can be "biased, error-prone and harmful to marginalized communities."
The first bill, "1014-2023," would prohibit organizations and individuals providing public housing from using any biometric recognition technology to verify or identify their customers; prohibit businesses from barring customers from entering based on FRT; and prohibit companies from selling customers biometric data.
The second law, "1024-2023", focuses on the use of facial recognition technologies in residential areas. The groups expressed concerns about landlords possible misuse of the technology to evict tenants "with stable rents but infrequent home visits." According to human rights activists, there have already been such cases.
It is important to note that, despite the overall effectiveness of the technology, it can still make mistakes, especially in relation to dark-skinned people, and therefore it can put unnecessary stress on innocent people.
At the international level, in the European Union, a bill is already being considered proposing a complete ban on the use of AI for biometric surveillance and predictive police visits, but it may take several more years before such a law is actually adopted.
