The Irish Department of Social Protection has announced that it uses facial recognition technology for the public services card programme, reversing its previous position.
“The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that it carries out biometric processing and uses facial recognition technologies as part of its controversial public services card (PSC) programme.
The confirmation prompted concerns among data-protection experts, who said there are questions over the proportionality of creating a database of facial recognition images due to the risks attached.“
Facial recognition used in public services card programme, department says (Irish Times, link)