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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12311

23 August 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
Commission plans to legislate on facial recognition
Brussels, 22/08/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission is working on new rules to better regulate facial recognition, the Financial Times revealed on Thursday 22 August. Relying on statements from senior officials, the newspaper explains that the institution wants to limit "the indiscriminate use of facial recognition technology" by companies and public authorities.

When questioned by the media, European Commission spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud refused to comment on leaks in the press. She merely highlighted the documents...

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