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.
AWAY FROM DOOM46confidence 94/100
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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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- R1Away 46 · confidence 94
New November 2022 enforcement of Italy's facial-recognition moratorium absent from the durable corpus.
12 Aug 2026