French police may have been unlawfully using facial recognition since 2015

An investigation by Disclose has turned up emails showing that French national police have been using facial recognition for eight years, despite a national prohibition on use of the biometric systems by law enforcement.

“In 2015, law enforcement authorities secretly acquired surveillance video image analysis software from the Israeli company BriefCam. For eight years, the Ministry of the Interior has concealed the use of this tool, which enables facial recognition,” says the Disclose report. Even more damning: “This has …

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