Question 24769 — digital

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Ms. Monica Michel-Brassart draws the attention of the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy and Finance and the Minister of Action and Public Accounts, responsible for digital technology, to the experiments with facial recognition devices. In its advisory opinion delivered on October 17, the National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (CNIL) had the opportunity to express its position on two “security” projects carried by two communities. The independent authority was examining two experiments, carried out in high schools in Marseille and Nice, with “virtual gates” to control student access by facial recognition. These projects aimed to meet the needs of streamlining and controlling access to establishments. However, the CNIL opposed this, considering that these devices infringed the principles of proportionality and data minimization. While these experimental projects took a certain number of precautions, including obtaining student consent, they raise serious questions relating to individual freedoms and the protection of personal data. Generally speaking, these types of controls, already widely used in airports, which rely on technological advances in the field of artificial intelligence, are calling on citizens. If they offer real opportunities for simplification and security of public space, their implementation must be accompanied by strong guarantees on individual freedoms. Consequently, she asks him to specify the Government's method to guarantee the maintenance of individual freedoms and the protection of personal data in the context of experiments. and the possible generalization of facial recognition devices.

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