Counter-terrorism officials in New South Wales have championed using facial recognition for tackling serious crime despite privacy concerns persisting over the use technology. Police in Australia are set to make use of a system matching Department of Home Affairs footage to driving licence information, although further regulations need to be overcome before it can be implemented. Australian state police and crime agencies are set to use a new facial recognition system to quickly match pictures of people captured on CCTV with their driver's licence photos. Dubbed " 'The Capability' ", the system will make use of a database compiled by Australia 's CCTV . Members of the public cannot opt out from having their personal information included in the database.
Counter-terrorism officials in New South Wales have championed using facial recognition for tackling serious crime despite privacy concerns persisting over the use technology. Police in Australia are set to make use of a system matching Department of Home Affairs footage to driving licence information, although further regulations need to be overcome before it can be implemented. Dubbed " 'The Capability' ", the system will make use of a database compiled by Australia 's CCTV . Members of the public cannot opt out from having their personal information included in the database.