Australia: “Concerns Library Patron’s Privacy Being Breached by Facial Recognition Surveillance”

The privacy issue re: cameras/facial recognition was discussed on an Australian radio program today.  You can listen to the complete program and/or download it here.
Below, you’ll also find links to couple of  conference papers on cameras in libraries that we first shared a couple of years ago.
Radio Blurb

There’s concern facial recognition technology being used on some Queensland library patrons invades privacy and may break the law.
The Toowoomba Regional Council is trialling the biometric software but Brisbane and some other councils are considering adopting it too.The Toowoo
Toowoomba Council denies it’s breaching privacy, but lawyers say it’s moving Australia closer to a biometric database.

Listen to the Radio Program
Reading List
See Also: “The Panoptic Librarian: The Role of Video Surveillance in the Modern Public Library” (February 1, 2014) and
Video Surveillance in Public Libraries: A Case of Unintended Consequences?” (February 1, 2014)
See Also: A Retreat from the Panoptic: One Public Library’s Experience with Video Surveillance
Same authors as papers listed above. From 2014-2015.

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