One year of #ProjectPanoptic
As we celebrate the one year anniversary of our Project Panoptic, we take a look back at everything we have been able to achieve through the project and what we aim to do moving forward.
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Project Panoptic has partnered with Amnesty International & Article 19 to launch #BanTheScan in India
IFF’s Project Panoptic has partnered with Amnesty International and Article 19 to launch the #BanTheScan campaign against the rampant proliferation of facial recognition use in Hyderabad.
We wrote to the Govt. of Meghalaya against the use of FRT for verification of pensioner's identities
We provided support to Mr. Jade Jeremiah Lyngdoh, a law student, in drafting a letter to the Govt. of Meghalaya in which we highlighted the possible privacy concerns of using FRT to verification of pensioners’ identity.
Government endorses the use of facial recognition for “touchless” vaccination process
We filed an RTI application with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to verify reports about the government using facial recognition technology (FRT) for the verification of beneficiaries of the COVID-19 vaccines. In their response the Ministry confirmed the use of FRT.
From investigation to conviction: How does the Police use FRT?
In this post, we look at how the Police uses facial recognition technology based on its accuracy rates as well as analyse the admissibility of FRT based evidence in courts.