San Francisco is moving to loosen its first-in-the-nation facial recognition ban to acknowledge the technology embedded in their government-issued Apple Inc. phones and tablets.
The Board of Supervisors Dec. 10 unanimously approved an amendment stating that the city can’t be sued for violating the ban when employees use software or products that contain facial recognition, which can’t be deleted from the Apple devices they use for their jobs. Employees still cannot use facial recognition technology. The city must respond within 30 days of being notified of a violation for that safe harbor to kick in.
The supervisors’ vote shows that ...
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