Tag: Facial Recognition

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Govt mulls facial recognition bill reheat

As the government considers reviving the controversial facial recognition legislation needed to expand an identity matching scheme, Home Affairs has awarded a $37 million contract to Fujitsu to manage...

NSW Parliament backs artificial intelligence inquiry in 2023

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A New South Wales parliamentary committee has “strongly endorsed” an inquiry into the development and use of artificial intelligence next year after referral by Customer Service and Digital Government...

Facial recognition use ‘misunderstood’: NSW Police

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The use of facial recognition by law enforcement is “misunderstood” and there is no agreed definition of high-risk applications, according to NSW Police, which has defended employing the controversial...

Home Affairs revives facial recognition plan for airports

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A plan to introduce facial recognition SmartGates in the arrivals halls of Australia’s international airports has been revived, but the federal government will now adopt a two-step system that...

NSW deploys facial recognition system into prisons

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government is rolling out new facial recognition technology in the state’s prisons in a bid to accelerate identity enrolment and verification for those entering and...

Bunnings and Kmart hit with facial recognition investigation

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s privacy regulator has opened investigations into Bunnings and Kmart centred on the retailers’ use of facial recognition on customers. Preliminary inquiries have also commenced into the Good Guys...
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