The facial recognition master deal was signed with the New Zealand subsidiary of US giant DXC Technology. Photo / Getty ImagesFrom RNZThe Government has done a deal over facial recognition technology that throws access to it wide open. The master deal encourages the proliferation of facial recognition but also allows agencies to sign up without the visibility of running a public tender. Photo / Zhao Yanxiong, Getty ImagesThe European Union is pushing to establish global standards around facial recognition, but in this country there has been a limited push to encourage debate or secure a public mandate for exposing people to more facial recognition. It uses facial recognition to compare passport photos with a database to ensure an applicant does not have multiple identities.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 11, 2020 18:45 UTC