India 's National Crime Records Bureau ( NCRB ) has dismissed privacy , misidentification and other concerns over a proposed National Automated Face Recognition System ( NAFRS ) . The move comes after NCRB opened bids from private companies in June to help develop a facial recognition system — dubbed National Automated Facial Recognition System (NAFRS) — that would allow law enforcement to match people of interest against an existing database of facial images. In response to a tender from non - profit the Internet Freedom Foundation ( IFF ) , NCRB said NAFRS would follow the guidelines of comparing police suspect images with those on Drug Enforcement Agency databases , and could also add bulk subject images or CCTV footage . IFF called for the tender to be withdrawn until a legal framework for facial recognition technology was in place .
India 's National Crime Records Bureau ( NCRB ) has dismissed privacy , misidentification and other concerns over a proposed National Automated Face Recognition System ( NAFRS ) . In response to a tender from non - profit the Internet Freedom Foundation ( IFF ) , NCRB said NAFRS would follow the guidelines of comparing police suspect images with those on Drug Enforcement Agency databases , and could also add bulk subject images or CCTV footage . IFF called for the tender to be withdrawn until a legal framework for facial recognition technology was in place .