Markey, Lee Ask DHS to Halt Airport Facial Recognition Technology Expansion
The Department of Homeland Security should delay expanding facial recognition technology use until consumers know how personal data is handled and shared by agencies and airports, Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote DHS Tuesday. DHS and Customs…
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and Border Protection plan to expand facial recognition to all “international travelers traveling through the top 20 U.S. airports by 2021,” said the letter. Airports don’t “face any limits on how they can use travelers’ facial data after being tasked by the CBP to retain the equipment necessary to implement facial recognition screening,” they wrote. Wednesday, DHS didn’t comment.