The Consultative Committee of the “Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data” (Convention 108) published strict guidelines on facial recognition on Thursday 28 January (https://bit.ly/3t5gd9W).
It calls for its prohibition when determining a person’s skin colour, religious beliefs, sex, ethnic origin, age, health or social status. In order to avoid discrimination, this prohibition is expected to be extended...