Privacy advocates are concerned that computer-vision cameras that will monitor the Paris Olympics might remain in place long-term
French lawmakers approved plans to use smart surveillance cameras as a temporary security measure at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games over objections from privacy advocates who say the technology is intrusive to residents, especially if it remains in use after the event ends.
Privacy advocates argue the computer-vision technology, which uses algorithms to detect suspicious behavior or objects, is invasive surveillance because it recognizes people’s physical characteristics and sends alerts to security authorities. The French privacy regulator said the technology comes with risks, but isn’t on a par with facial-recognition cameras that identify specific individuals based on unique features.
For the Olympics, the Cnil plans to oversee technology companies that win government contracts as they start tests of their computer-vision cameras this year and during the Games next year. Mr. Pailhès said the regulator will advise the companies about how to comply with privacy rules, and it will investigate potential violations.
During the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the use of computer-vision cameras was criticized when Paris public-transportation authorities tested a system from French company DatakaLab to detect if people were wearing face masks. The data protection regulator’s office stopped the trial because there was no law in place authorizing the tools.
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