They are looking for a million signatures in Europe against massive biometric control.
- The Reclaim Your Face movement has denounced that governments and companies can use face recognition against us with the motto "reclaim your face" and has launched a massive collection of signatures.
They call on the European Commission to regulate and regulate the use of biometric technologies to avoid unfair interference with fundamental rights. In particular, legislation and practice call for a ban on indiscriminate or arbitrarily targeted uses of biometrics that could lead to illegal mass surveillance. The European movement Reclaim Your Face has achieved a total of 26,645 signatures, which can be signed via its website.
The movement considers the use of mass biometric monitoring to be proven in Member States of the European Union and in European Union agencies. Some have led to violating EU data protection legislation and to unfairly reducing people’s rights, including privacy, the right to freedom of expression, the right to demonstrate and the right not to be discriminated against. “Biometric surveillance, profiling and prediction are a threat to the rule of law and our fundamental freedoms,” they stressed.
Movement Reclaim Your Face
This movement gathers people's voices in the debate about the biometric data that is used to monitor the population. He wonders why this sensitive data is used and the alarm is ignited about attacks on people’s freedoms in public spaces.
The movement pursues three main objectives: Public spaces where everyone can speak freely and without fear; cities where politicians don't hide behind words that are difficult to understand or contracts with private companies; and countries where governments are accountable to the people.
Biometric data
Biometric data are personal data that allow a unique identification of our bodies and behaviors. They provide sensitive information about who we are. For example, predictions for knowing faces, eyes, veins, voices, how to walk or write on the keyboard, and more.
Governments, police forces and companies use recording devices (such as CCTV cameras) and facial recognition software to collect people's biometric data. They can follow the trail left from one place to another, in order to be able to continuously identify themselves using the unique characteristics of people.
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