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Report: Law Enforcement Has Facial Recognition Data for 117M Americans

HeadlineOct 20, 2016

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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