Facial Recognition Working Group
The mission of SIA’s Facial Recognition Working Group is to advise and participate in legislative advocacy and communications efforts, help determine priority areas of focus and support initiatives serving the needs of the industry. The group also works to ensure SIA and its members – as subject matter experts in facial recognition technology and its uses – participate as stakeholders in the development of any policies affecting the use of facial recognition technology.
Accomplishments
- Active participation providing input on federal and state legislation, including congressional testimony and input on numerous state bills
- Publication of SIA’s Principles for the Responsible and Effective Use of Facial Recognition Technology
- Publication of What Science Really Says About Facial Recognition Accuracy and Bias Concerns, an analysis of research on the accuracy of facial recognition technology
- Active coordination with national and international news media covering facial recognition
- Development of a public policy page on facial recognition that provides information on SIA positions and activities
- Defeat of proposed state bans/overly restrictive measures (achieved in 2022 in seven states where introduced, with the exception of Colorado, which imposed a prohibition on future new government agency contracting for facial recognition technology)
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