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RCMP used IntelCenter facial recognition without disclosure
The RCMP in British Columbia secretly subscribed to IntelCenter's facial recognition service, which matched faces against a database of 700,000 faces tied to terrorism. Internal emails revealed the force broke its own procurement rules and hid the purchase. The RCMP claimed it was only for testing, but documents showed active use. The contracts ended in 2019.
- Date it happened
- 2016-01-01
- Organisation involved
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- Product, system or model
- IntelCenter Check
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