Introduction
In recent years there has been an increased use of technologies that match a person s digital image (eg, from a surveillance camera) to a picture database. These technologies facilitate various tasks, including:
the identification of criminal suspects;
the verification of an individual s ID to provide access to computing platforms or other electronic devices; and
CCTV surveillance.
However, these technologies are also prone to misuse and data and privacy infringement. This article discusses the use of such technologies in Austria, along with the regulations which govern them and how they may be used in the future.
Facial recognition technology regulations
Access Now 6 April 2021 | 4:32 am
Most of us interact with some sort of Artificial Intelligence (AI) system several times a day, whether it’s using the predictive text function on our phones or applying a selfie filter on Instagram or Snapchat.
Some AI-powered systems do useful things that help us, like optimize electricity grids. Others capture our most sensitive personal information your voice, your face shape, your skin color, the way you walk and use it to make inferences about who we are.
Companies and governments are already using AI systems to make decisions that lead to discrimination. When police or government officials rely on them to determine who they should watch, interrogate, or arrest or even “predict” who will violate the law in the future there are serious and sometimes fatal consequences.