United States of America: Submission period for information regarding the usage of biometric technology in the public and private sector ends

On 15 January 2022, the submission period that was part of the request for information issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on 8 October 2021, closed. On 8 October 2021, the OSTP had issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the public and private sector uses of biometric technologies. The request is made to interested parties and seeks to understand the use of biometric technology to verify identities, identify individuals and infer certain attributes of individuals, such as their emotional and mental state.