It Seems The NSW Government Is Trying To Outdo The myHR for Information Gathering!

This appeared last Sunday.Surveillance state: NSW intensifies citizen trackingBy Nigel Gladstone4 November 2018 — 6:25amNSW police and crime agencies are preparing to use a new national facial recognition system to rapidly match pictures of people captured on CCTV with their driver’s licence photo, to detect criminals and identity theft.Under new laws the federal and state governments will be able to acce ss data and photos from passports, driver licences, and visas for a national facial recognition system called the “National Facial Biometric Matching Capability”The Department of Home Affairs has been compiling the database for what is known as “The Capability". Unlike the controversial My Hea lth Record, people can’t opt out of their details being included in the system.The NSW Government has allocated $52.6 million over four years to support The Capability. The NSW Minister for Counter-Terrorism David Elliott said it would enable authorities “to quickly identify a person of interest ... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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