Security News > 2020 > March > Homeland Security sued over secretive use of face recognition
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Department of Homeland Security over its failure to cough up details about its use of facial recognition at airports.
The ACLU says that the lawsuit challenges the secrecy that shrouds federal law enforcement's use of face recognition surveillance technology.
Government contracts with airlines, airports, and other entities pertaining to the use of face recognition at the airport and other ports of entry;.
The program involves the use of facial recognition technology to compare the photographs with faceprints that the government already has - a huge collection of biometrics that just keeps getting bigger.
The complaint points to a document published by the TSA entitled "TSA Biometrics Roadmap" that describes how the TSA intends to partner with CBP on face recognition for international travelers; apply face recognition to TSA PreCheck travelers; and ultimately expand face recognition to domestic travelers more broadly.