Pandoraâs Box of Privacy Issues : Experts on Delhi Govt Schools Use of Facial Recognition Tech
An RTI query by the Internet Freedom Foundation found that 12 Delhi government schools were in the process of installing facial recognition technology.
A schoolgirl reads from a textbook at an open-air school in New Delhi, India, November 2014. Photo: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee
Rights24/Feb/2021
New Delhi: After initiating a project to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in classrooms and schools, the Delhi government is now pushing ahead with the surveillance programme by implementing the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in its schools.
The move has come at a time when cyber experts and lawyers have warned against exposing citizens, and especially children, to such monitoring which can be misused by cybercriminals and hackers.