vacy concerns are holding them back from employing the powerful digital tools.
“I think the fact that we have different police forces taking different steps raises concerns inequities and how people are treated across the country, but also highlights the continuing importance of some kind of federal action to be taken,” she said. Yet in neighbouring Quebec, Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher says the force will not adopt such biometric identification tools without a debate on issues ranging from human rights to privacy.
Since the revelations about Toronto police using Clearview AI between 2019 and 2020, Robertson said she is “still not aware of any police service in Canada that is obtaining prior approval from a judge to use facial recognition technology in their investigations.”