Local South Korean Government’s Use of CCTV Footage Analysis via Facial Recognition to Track COVID Cases Raised Concerns about Privacy, Retention, and Potential Misuse
January 1, 2022
Bucheon government’s use of facial recognition in analyzing CCTV footage, despite gaining wide public support, was scrutinized by privacy advocates and some lawmakers for collecting data without consent, and retaining and misusing data beyond pandemic needs.
- Alleged deployer
- bucheon-city-government
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- bucheon-citizens
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