NY lawyers push support for biometric privacy act

A New York State Bar working group has weighed in on the side of restraint in a pair of issues involving facial recognition. Its report is expected to help craft association policy.

The committee last week issued a report on the use of biometric systems and access to legal representation.

Committee members say that consumers should have certain rights to privacy when it comes to facial recognition and, separately, that lawyers should not be discriminated against just because of whom …

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