Under the proposed law, New Jersey government agencies, including law enforcement, would be barred from acquiring, possessing, accessing, or using any biometric surveillance system, along with any information derived from a biometric surveillance system operated by another entity, unless specific conditions are met. Biometric surveillance includes facial recognition and any technology that assists in identifying a person based on the characteristics of their gait, voice, or other immutable characteristics.
The legislation would ban any state or local government agency from obtaining, retaining, requesting, accessing or using facial recognition technology or information obtained using such technology without a court-approved warrant.
In West Lafayette, a ban on facial recognition technology failed this past December, but advocates say they plan to launch a new attempt at the ban this week.
The nominations for President Joe Biden s Democratic appointments to the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission advanced at the committee level Thursday, bringing them closer to help implement Biden s technology and telecommunications agenda.