Governance and control

Italy enforces facial-recognition moratorium against municipal deployments

Italy's data protection authority prohibited facial recognition and smart-glasses uses by two municipalities while requiring legal basis, proportionality, and system documentation.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM46confidence 94/100

Why it moved the index

The regulator applied the national moratorium to concrete municipal deployments and demanded evidence of legal basis and proportionality, materially limiting public biometric surveillance pending legislation.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 46 · confidence 94

    New November 2022 enforcement of Italy's facial-recognition moratorium absent from the durable corpus.

    12 Aug 2026