Legal challenges of the rapid growth of facial recognition technology

Abstract

The emergence of new technologies always brings up a lot of ethical and legal questions. The same is true for facial recognition technology, which has raised a lot of concerns for laymen lacking knowledge about the technology and the regulatory side of it. For that reason, the author decided to address these concerns in an attempt to shed light on the topic and raise awareness of the challenges that are yet to be fully figured out. With that in mind, the objective of this thesis was to identify these issues and propose possible solutions to them by creating guidelines for those deploying this technology and those regulating it. While there were some additional issues that the author identified within the research, the author was also able to conclude how these issues should be addressed and hopefully also will be in the near future.