Facial recognition technology on festival grounds: for or against ?

Photo : Eva Rinaldi

Photo : Eva Rinaldi

England’s Download festival recently allowed cameras to scan faces of attendees. By doing so, Leicestershire police hope to reduce crime during the festival. Now that purchasing a Download ticket means agreeing to facial recognition policies, will attendance rates diminish because people will not want to be “identified”?

 

 

 

 

Article : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/download-festival-facial-recognition-technology-used-at-event-could-be-coming-to-festivals-nationwide-10316922.html
Author : Paul Gallagher
Source : the Independant
Date : 12/06/15

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