China drafts rules for using facial recognition data

Firms using facial recognition in China will be required to obtain consent or legal permission before collecting personal information, draft regulations released Tuesday said, while stipulating the rules would not apply to some bodies. China is one of the most surveilled societies on Earth, with thousands of CCTV cameras scattered across cities and facial recognition […]

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