Georgia Department of Driver Services: Face Recognition

Back of man's head looking at computer monitor displaying face recognition software matching an image of a man's face — An Arizona Department of Transportation employee uses NEC face recognition software.
Credit: Arizona Department of Transportation

Agency	Georgia Department of Driver Services
Location	Conyers, GA
Technology	Face Recognition
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According to the Deputy Director of the Georgia State Senate Research Office, Georgia’s Department of Driver’s Services uses face recognition when “requested by a law enforcement agency, including the FBI, [to search] its database on behalf of the law enforcement agency conducting a criminal investigation,” but no one outside of the Department is granted direct access to the database.

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Nonprofit report (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
News article (NBC ews)

More about this technology

Software that can identify or verify the identity of an individual using their face.