SC to hear MP's plea on facial recognition tech at protest sites

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The Supreme Court will hear a plea against police facial recognition technology deployment. This plea challenges biometric surveillance measures used at protest sites by police. The court agreed to consider the petition filed by CPI(M) MP AA Rahim. The petitioner argues this surveillance violates data protection laws and is unconstitutional. Data collection occurred without permission and in a legal vacuum, the plea states.