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America places little restriction on the use of face recognition, as legal precedent denies the "reasonable expectation of privacy" in public.
Well aware of such concerns, Google has banned the use of face recognition in the apps that it makes available for Glass (dubbed Glassware).But face recognition has its attractions, too.
Armed with new research, civil rights organizations are urging the Justice Department to investigate law enforcement's excessive use of face recognition technologies.
The ACLU, which is one of the organizations involved in the letter to the Justice Department, questioned the use of face recognition technology during protests.
The Georgetown researchers found only one department that had received legislative approval for its use of face recognition technology and that most departments do not audit their systems for accuracy or bias.
The Georgetown report also indicates that there is no significant regulation of the use of this technology, that the software can be inaccurate, and that the use of face recognition will disproportionately impact communities of color.
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ACLU's legislative counsel Neema Singh Guliani said that such uses of face recognition technology could chill speech and explained that the ACLU is asking governments to "push a pause button and issue moratoriums on certain uses of this technology".
Civil liberties groups are also concerned about ideas like expanding use of face-recognition technology, which allows security cameras tied to computers to search a crowd for criminals.
Google has banned the use of face-recognition in apps on Glass and its camera is designed to film only in short bursts.
Privacy officials in Europe have said they will scrutinise Facebook's use of face-recognition software to help people "tag", or identify, friends in photos they upload.
A former London police officer, Lack attracted national attention -- including a visit from Tony Blair -- by pioneering the use of face-recognition technology before other people were convinced that it was entirely reliable.
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