This Week In Digital Trust

#70 A face in the crowd


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This week we explore the growing use of facial recognition by stadiums, after a recent CHOICE report revealed the technology was in use at several major sporting and concert venues around Australia.

We evaluate the merits of varying uses of the technology, from the security use cases to enabling of more convenient check-in and purchasing services for stadium patrons.


Links:

CHOICE report https://www.choice.com.au/consumers-and-data/data-collection-and-use/how-your-data-is-used/articles/facial-recognition-in-stadiums

Article about Australian stadium facial recognition use (ABC) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/facial-recognition-used-sports-stadiums-scg-mcg-allianz-stadium/102562646

Ticketek CTO comments (AFR) https://www.afr.com/technology/ticketek-cto-says-chinesestyle-facial-recognition-tech-will-soon-be-used-at-aussie-events-20180521-h10bkf

US use of facial recognition (WIRED) https://www.wired.com/story/get-used-to-face-recognition-in-stadiums/

Story about lawyer getting banned by Madison Square Gardens (The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/21/23520990/rockettes-msg-facial-recognition-ban-privacy-ai

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