Hamburg G20 protest facial analysis database
Hamburg police's use of facial recognition software to investigate crimes during the protests against the G20 summit encroached on the fundamental rights of bystanders and other uninvolved pe ople . At the centre of the row was a database of facial images of over 100,000 people collected by police during the summit from static and mobile video surveillance cameras, as well as from private photographs and videos taken during the demonstrations. T he images were stored for an indefin ite time period on hard drives at the Hamburg police department, and could be compared with images of known criminals and suspects using Videmo 360 facial recognition software. ➕ July 2018. Hamburg's Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (DPA) told the police that there was 'insufficient legal justification for the biometric analysis of faces that could justify such intensive encroachments on fundamental rights of the large part of bystanders and other completely uninvolved persons.' ➕ October 2019. An administrative court in Hamburg declared that the DPA's order to delete the database had been illegal. System 🤖 Videmo 360 🔗 Operator: City of Hamburg Developer: Videmo Country: Germany Sector: Govt - police Purpose: Identify cri minals Technology: Facial recognition Issue: Privacy; Surveillance Legal, regulatory 👩🏼⚖️ The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (2020). Hamburg Police deletes the biometric database for facial recognition created in the course of the G20 investigations (pdf) The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (2020). Datenschutzrechtliche Prüfung des Einsatzes einer Gesichtserkennungssoftware zur Aufklärung von Straftaten im Zusammenhang mit dem G20-Gipfel durch die Polizei Hamburg (pdf)
- Date it happened
- 2017-07-01
- Organisation involved
- City of Hamburg
- Product, system or model
- Videmo 360
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