NSW Digital ID must come with legislated guardrails


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The New South Wales government’s ambitious digital identity scheme needs legislated guardrails because of the high-risk facial recognition technologies it relies on, experts have warned.

Researchers at the UTS Human Technology Institute (HTI), including former Human Rights Commissioner Professor Ed Santow, on Monday released details of a proposed governance framework for the scheme.

The experts have developed the framework in a novel partnership with government and say it must now be put in place to inform supporting legislation and policy ahead of a wider roll out.

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