NYC Lawmakers Seek Ban on Facial Scans to Identify Customers (2)

Businesses in New York City from stadiums to retail stores would be banned from using facial recognition or other surveillance technology to identify customers, under a draft bill shared exclusively with Bloomberg Law.

Currently, New York City and Portland, Ore., are the only two localities in the nation that limit private-sector use of the technology. Some states and cities, like Massachusetts and San Francisco, ban facial recognition use by police and government agencies.

The private-sector proposal—along with a second bill targeting residential buildings—will be officially introduced at a New York City Council meeting on April 27 after being read ...