News Amendments to the draft European Union’s AI Act prohibit mass surveillance and criminal profiling The amendments focus on the prohibition of the use of biometric data from social media or CCTV footage to train AI systems used by... Kamya PandeyMay 18, 2023
News Why is the contract for telecom department’s facial recognition service ASTR confidential? Responding to an RTI request filed by MediaNama asking for a copy of the contract for ASTR, the dept said any ASTR-related work contains... Vallari SanzgiriMay 9, 2023
News Amnesty International Report: Here’s how Israel’s ‘Red Wolf’ facial recognition system curbs rights of Palestinians The report talks about the growing use of facial recognition by the Israeli government against Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem Vallari SanzgiriMay 5, 2023
News Is facial recognition used for ePrison system or not? IT Ministry and National Informatics Centre offer contradictory responses Whereas NIC stated that the technology is not being used for the ePrison facility yet, IT Ministry's response to a parliamentary question stated otherwise Sarasvati NTMay 2, 2023
News Indian school installs AI-based machine to assess food quality for students, what’s concerning? This case is one of the first reported instances highlighting the arbitrary use of AI for purposes which can raise serious ethical concerns Sarasvati NTApril 24, 2023
News After Haryana police, Gujarat officials use ASTR to catch fake SIM-card holders Gujarat police are using facial recognition to identify fake sim-card holders but is all this consensual? Vallari SanzgiriApril 21, 2023
News Selfie before entering classrooms? Telangana to set up facial recognition attendance in schools The government is working to create a facial recognition attendance management solution for identification and verification of students and teachers. Vallari SanzgiriApril 14, 2023
News What’s the problem with Odisha police bringing in facial recognition app to identify criminals? The app will be used by the police to identify “criminal antecedents” during regular checks and while patrolling local areas Sarasvati NTApril 7, 2023
News Here are 6 ways the Indian government is collecting your facial data The IT Ministry, in response to a parliamentary question, listed 6 areas where govt authorities are using Facial Recognition Technology Vallari SanzgiriMarch 30, 2023
News Indian govt says no central storage of Digi Yatra data, accountability for user privacy still a question Passengers' personal data is stored on their smartphones, the Ministry said in a press release. But the bigger questions around data privacy remain Sarasvati NTMarch 17, 2023