Because of new technologies, “we are all monitored and recorded every minute of every day of our lives,” he said, and this was putting pressure on the concept of privacy.
The potential of facial recognition technology to be used by oppressive governments and manipulative corporations was such that some observers have called for it to be banned. The suggestion should be taken seriously, Dr Danaher said. While the EU’s GDPR laws on the use of data applied here, Dr Danaher said Ireland should also introduce domestic law “to save us from the depredations of facial recognition technology”.
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