Ban the Scan, Priority Bills - State Leticia Murillo Ban the Scan, Priority Bills - State Leticia Murillo

Ban Biometric Surveillance in Schools (A6720 Simone/S3827A Hoylman-Sigal)

Prohibits the use of biometric identifying technology in schools for any reason other than certain specified purposes; adds fingerprint identification of teachers, administrators and students for the purpose of securely logging into a digital device for academic and administrative purpose to allowable purposes.

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Ban the Scan, Priority Bills - State William Owen Ban the Scan, Priority Bills - State William Owen

Law Enforcement Biometrics Ban (A1045 Glick / S1033 Hoylman-Sigal)

This bill would prohibit law enforcement use of biometric surveillance, such as facial recognition. Facial recognition software is biased, broken, and antithetical to a democratic society. It is up to 100 more likely to misidentify women of color than white men. Numerous people, disproportionately Black, have been wrongly arrested after being misidentified through facial recognition.

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