News > Telangana HC asks state to justify use of facial recognition technology

Telangana HC asks state to justify use of facial recognition technology

The Siasat | 04/01/2022 04:48 PM | Click to read full article

The Telangana high court on Monday issued notices to the state and Hyderabad police commissioner, ordering them to respond to the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed over the use of Facial Recognition technology.

The complaint alleged that in 2015 the traffic police stopped him and took his pictures without consent even though there were no cases against him in the past.

-