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October 20, 2016

Report: Law Enforcement Has Facial Recognition Data for 117M Americans
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A new report finds law enforcement databases nationwide have collected
facial recognition information for 117 million Americans-meaning about
half of all adults in the United States now have their faces and other
biometrics information recorded in these databases. The report was
released Tuesday by the Center for Privacy & Technology at the
Georgetown University Law Center.


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