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Hearing Wednesday: EFF Testifying Before House Committee That Use of Facial Recognition by Law Enforcement Poses 
Critical Threat to Privacy
One Out of Two Americans Already in a Face Recognition Database Accessible to Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Wednesday, March 22, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Senior Staff Attorney Jennifer Lynch will 
testify at a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the FBI's efforts to build up 
and link together massive facial recognition databases that may be used to track innocent people as they go about their 
daily lives.

The FBI has amassed a facial recognition database of more than 30 million photographs and has access to hundreds of 
millions more. The databases include photos of people who aren’t suspected of any criminal activity that come from 
driver’s license and passport and visa photos, even as the underlying identification technology becomes ever more 
powerful. The government has done little to address the privacy implications of this massive collection of biometric 
information.

Lynch will testify that the use of facial recognition technology will allow the government to track Americans on an 
unprecedented level. The technology, like other biometric programs, such as fingerprint and DNA collection, poses 
critical threats to privacy and civil liberties. Lynch will tell the House committee that Congress has an opportunity 
to develop legislation that would protect Americans from inappropriate and excessive biometrics collection and use.

What:
Full House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing: Law Enforcement’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Who:
EFF Senior Staff Attorney Jennifer Lynch

When:
Wednesday, March 22, 9:30 a.m.

Where:
2154 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington. D.C.

For more information on facial recognition:
https://www.eff.org/foia/fbi-facial-recognition-documents

For more on biometric data collection:
https://www.eff.org/issues/biometrics

For this release:
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/hearing-wednesday-electronic-frontier-foundation-testifying-house-committee-use





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