United States of America: Introduced Ordinance regulating the use of facial recognition technology (City Council Bill 23-0379)

On 1 May 2023, the Ordinance regulating the use of facial recognition technology (City Council Bill 23-0379)was introduced to the Baltimore City Council. The Bill would apply to all persons processing, storing, or using facial recognition data. The Bill would require the data to be destroyed after three years of collection and prohibits its selling, leasing or trading. Furthermore, facial recognition data may not be collected, used or disclosed unless the individual consents. Finally, the persons storing facial recognition data would be required to delete the data after the purpose for its collection was satisfied and 30 days after receiving a request from the individual. The Bill shall be implemented 90 days after its signing into law.