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The French National Police is unlawfully using an Israeli facial recognition software

law enforcement has been using […] systems since 2015, in utmost secrecy. The software in question […] can track a person across a network of cameras, for instance, by the color of their sweater

Any policeman […] can request to use [it]

The potential use of facial recognition worries within the institution itself. […] In France, facial recognition is only authorized in rare exceptions

This massive installation was carried out outside the legal framework provided by a European directive and the French Data Protection Act

The National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL), a French administrative regulatory body, started an investigation against the French Minister of the Interior [1][2]. The Minister, Gérald Darmanin ordered an investigation [2].