THREAD: Supreme Court's Puttaswamy judgement stated very clearly that privacy is a fundamental right. There's a huge risk when our personal info is used without our consent. Most importantly, facial recognition technology is unreliable & biased. This is why I'll be submitting... https://twitter.com/digitaldutta/status/1297757833857925121

a Private Members' Bill banning use of facial recognition & remote biometric surveillance technology. Such technology can record & use your gait to identify to you Face recognition technology is inaccurate in identifying dark people women, persons with disabilities & young people

The accuracy of these technologies depends on the database. These databases are themselves riddled with bias. For example, a database of arrested people will obviously have an over-representation of SCs, STs & Muslims.

Such tech also obstructs us from freely exercising other rights for fear of surveillance

A strong & stringent Data Protection Law is needed to protect our privacy & national security. Despite this urgency, the Union govt has drafted a weak Bill that is unlikely to do much