A woman boarding a flight goes through facial recognition verification system VeriScan at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia. Gorski said the lawsuit aims to require disclosure of what the government is doing with the data it collects with face-scanning machines. — AFP
WASHINGTON: A civil liberties watchdog sued the US government on March 12 seeking the disclosure of records on the use of facial recognition technology being deployed at American airports.
The American Civil Liberties Union said it was seeking to force the Department of Homeland Security to release records on its contracts and policies for the technology which has been expanded in recent months.
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