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In the case of Ireland where they categorise the country as "facial recognition in use" it states: It is unclear if the Gardaí use face recognition in real tim

by Peroni 7y ago

In the case of Ireland where they categorise the country as "facial recognition in use" it states: It is unclear if the Gardaí use face recognition in real time, but face recognition is widely use to spot welfare fraud. There are no documented cases of the Gardaí using real time facial recognition in Ireland. In the case of welfare fraud, a facial imaging system is used when registering or renewing your welfare status to prevent people registering under multiple or false identities.

donaltroddyn 7y ago
It is also predicated on the Public Services Card, a de facto national ID card by stealth (the electorate in Ireland has resisted any attempts to implement a national ID card) which is "not compulsory but is mandatory for services" (from https://www.thejournal.ie/regina-doherty-public-services-card-3564489-Aug2017/ https://www.thejournal.ie/regina-doherty-public-services-car... ) and of which the Data Protection Commission has ruled "that the State’s retention of personal data on the 3.2m cards in existence is unlawful" (from https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/data-commissioner-issues-enforcement-notice-in-respect-of-public-services-card-968977.html https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/data-comm... ). The government contest this result (and have been accused of using budgetary measures to hamper the DPC's ability to investigate and enforce their findings), but the use of facial recognition in Ireland is currently unlawful, and, personally speaking, a disgrace. In terms of the use of facial recognition by the Gardaí, the truth is that we don't know whether it has been used - only that its fruits haven't been included in any book of evidence.
baybal2 7y ago
> There are no documented cases of the Gardaí using real time facial recognition in Ireland. In the case of welfare fraud, a facial imaging system is used when registering or renewing your welfare status to prevent people registering under multiple or false identities. This will not fix the issue of poor practises for establishing welfare eligibility status for each identity.

by Peroni 7y ago

donaltroddyn 7y ago

It is also predicated on the Public Services Card, a de facto national ID card by stealth (the electorate in Ireland has resisted any attempts to implement a national ID card) which is "not compulsory but is mandatory for services" (from https://www.thejournal.ie/regina-doherty-public-services-card-3564489-Aug2017/ https://www.thejournal.ie/regina-doherty-public-services-car... ) and of which the Data Protection Commission has ruled "that the State’s retention of personal data on the 3.2m cards in existence is unlawful" (from https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/data-commissioner-issues-enforcement-notice-in-respect-of-public-services-card-968977.html https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/data-comm... ). The government contest this result (and have been accused of using budgetary measures to hamper the DPC's ability to investigate and enforce their findings), but the use of facial recognition in Ireland is currently unlawful, and, personally speaking, a disgrace. In terms of the use of facial recognition by the Gardaí, the truth is that we don't know whether it has been used - only that its fruits haven't been included in any book of evidence.

baybal2 7y ago

> There are no documented cases of the Gardaí using real time facial recognition in Ireland. In the case of welfare fraud, a facial imaging system is used when registering or renewing your welfare status to prevent people registering under multiple or false identities. This will not fix the issue of poor practises for establishing welfare eligibility status for each identity.