Spanish courts call facial recognition for employee management overkill

A Spanish legal ruling on facial recognition could have ramifications for businesses using biometrics to monitor workers.

According to an article in Gearrice, the Social Court No. 2 of Alicante found that Albero Forte Composite SL, a plastics manufacturer also known as Plastic Forte, had violated its workers’ right to privacy in using facial recognition to create a database that could be used to control entry and exit. Employees signed a consent form allowing their images to be used …

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