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Attention! The state of #AndhraPradesh has implemented a facial recognition system to help identify “criminals” in #Chittoor 👁🗨
Sub-divisions in question: Chittoor, Puttur, Palamaner and Madanapalle. 1/3
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Sub-divisions in question: Chittoor, Puttur, Palamaner and Madanapalle. 1/3
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This is an ambitious digital surveillance project — 730 high resolution cameras have been installed, and nearly 60% of the work has been completed. But does this cloud-based surveillance system have any privacy or security SOPs? #AndhraPradesh #ProjectPanoptic 2/n
In fact, there's talk of expanding this system to the lesser covered rural areas too. But we must first ensure legal safeguards for the functioning of such a system, so that its misuse can be prevented. #ProjectPanoptic
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Psst, #Chennai: The chatter over at #ProjectPanoptic is that a Facial Recognition system including 174 cameras and number plate recognition is being set up in your city. We filed an RTI with the Chennai Metro Development Authority. Read the reply here.
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“18 cameras have facial recognition features. They will have pictures of anti-social elements collected from the State and national crime records bureaus. Besides, four cameras with ANPR features will be installed at the entry and exit.”
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The reply by CMDA states that there is no legislation or rule, and the technology will be adopted as per need and necessity. Software providers will be "Cognitec/Cogent/Videonetics" with a lifetime license. Images will be sourced from police dept, Greater Chennai Corp.
Over the last year, the use of Facial Recognition has spiked sharply. To map its future in India, we're beginning a series where we dive into the influence of political & social movements on FRT regulations #AroundTheWorld. We start with the USA.
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The USA is a federal republic and thus citizens are subject to regulations at local, state and federal levels.
This table illustrates regulations at city+state levels. In addition to bans/ordinances/etc many jurisdictions are in the process of enacting laws to regulate FRT.
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This table illustrates regulations at city+state levels. In addition to bans/ordinances/etc many jurisdictions are in the process of enacting laws to regulate FRT.
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What factors have influenced regulation? Foundational analyses by experts & activists have played a big role ever since it was determined that the use of this tech would lead to exclusionary and discriminatory outcomes.
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If you stood up for students by demanding the postponement of CBSE exams, we appeal to you to also take a stand against CBSE's use of Facial Recognition on minors - a serious, co-occurring issue flying under the radar. Thread on what's going on.
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On October 22, 2020, we found that CBSE is using Facial Recognition to provide class 10 and 12 students access to their academic documents. A live image of them will be matched with the photo on their CBSE admit card, which is stored in a database.
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Why is this an issue?
a. These are photos of minors and we don't have a data protection law.
b. The tech will lead to exclusion of students due to inaccuracies, becoming a procedural hindrance.
c. Children's appearances change over time. The tech can fail to identify them.
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a. These are photos of minors and we don't have a data protection law.
b. The tech will lead to exclusion of students due to inaccuracies, becoming a procedural hindrance.
c. Children's appearances change over time. The tech can fail to identify them.
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In the blogpost below, we provide an update on IFF’s Project Panoptic which aims to bring transparency and accountability to the relevant government stakeholders involved in the deployment and implementation of FRT projects in India. #ProjectPanoptic
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Watch this brief video explainer on Project Panoptic on @internetfreedom's YouTube channel. We request you to share and subscribe!
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We are running a fundraising campaign to upgrade our cyber security infrastructure. As we do more civic literacy, we need to harden our cyber security and make essential investments for it. Help IFF with a tech upgrade! Make your contribution today!
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We have sent a legal notice to the NCRB asking them to recall the revised Request for Proposals for procurement of the National Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) dated June 22, 2020. #ProjectPanoptic
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On June 22, 2020, the NCRB recalled and cancelled the original RFP [Document Reference: 02/001] that it had issued on July 3, 2019. A revised RFP [Document Reference: 02/001 (Revised)] was issued in its place.
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We had sent a legal notice dated July 18, 2019 to NCRB asking them to recall the original RFP. However, the current recall and cancellation fails to resolve our initial concerns pertaining to the AFRS project as raised in that legal notice.
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The week that was! You can review and read the work we implemented over last week. Starting out on Monday where we issued a joint statement with @no2uid, @smcproject and @Article21_Ind against mandatory Aadhaar. 1/n internetfreedom.in/joint-statemen…
@no2uid @smcproject @Article21_Ind On Tuesday we wrote to @MORTHIndia appreciating them for scrapping the bulk data sharing policy and calling for further steps to safeguard your privacy. 2/n internetfreedom.in/morth-bulk-dat…
@no2uid @smcproject @Article21_Ind @MORTHIndia After participating in the @TRAI Open House Discussion last week, on Wednesday we shared a supplementary written submission on net neutrality monitoring and enforcement. 3/n
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In this blogpost, we have collated and analyzed our RTI findings and other research on the Delhi Police’s use of facial recognition technology. #ProjectPanoptic
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During the protests which took place last year, multiple reports emerged of the Delhi Police using facial recognition technology.
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On December 28, 2020, we sent a legal notice to the Delhi Police asking them to halt the use of facial recognition in Delhi.
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In this insightful video about facial recognition which focuses mainly on the US, John Oliver lays down some of the concerns that IFF has also raised about facial recognition in India. 1/n
IFF’s Transparency and RTI Fellow @anushkaj11 recently did a webinar wherein she laid down our concerns about facial recognition in the Indian context and provided details about IFF’s upcoming #ProjectPanoptic on facial recognition systems in India. 2/n
Help us fight increasing invasions into your privacy by funding us. We are running a membership drive this month and signed up 22 new members so far. We urge you to donate or sign-up today and become a member with us! 3/n
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As part of IFF’s RTI work on facial recognition projects in India here is a thread of responses we have received on the use of facial recognition for voter verification projects in Telangana. #facialrecognition #projectpanoptic
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On 24.1.2020, IFF filed RTI requests with the Telangana State Election Commission (TSEC) and Telangana State Technology Services (TSTS) pursuant to the use of Facial Recognition Technology for voter verification in the urban local body elections in Kompally on 22.1.2020.
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We asked them the following questions:
1. What is the legislation under which the authorities are using FRT?
2. Was there a standard operating procedure for the pilot project?
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1. What is the legislation under which the authorities are using FRT?
2. Was there a standard operating procedure for the pilot project?
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