Edwin J. Viera reports:
Columbia County, New York, is implementing new facial recognition and privacy policies, following new upgrades to the county’s surveillance cameras, which include facial and license plate recognition software.
Michael Chameides, Hudson 3rd Ward representative on the Columbia County Board of Supervisors, said residents told him they want privacy, arguing the technology is overused elsewhere. He pointed out the new protections can guarantee privacy rights and more.
“We want people to have reasonable expectations of privacy,” Chameides explained. “That means we would limit how people are tracked and how that information is archived. We also want to reduce the number of people who have access to that database, so it’s really just a need-to-know basis as it pertains to the biggest public safety issues.”
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h/t, Joe Cadillic