"Mobile Fortify, the new app used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use face recognition technology (FRT) to identify people during street encounters, is an affront to the rights and dignity of migrants and U.S. citizens alike. That's why a coalition of privacy, civil liberties and civil rights organizations are demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down the use of Mobile Fortify, release the agency's privacy analyses of the app, and clarify the agency's policy on face recognition."
"ICE does not allow people to opt-out of being scanned, and ICE agents apparently have the discretion to use a facial recognition match as a definitive determination of a person's immigration status even in the face of contrary evidence. Using face identification as a definitive determination of immigration status is immensely disturbing, and ICE's cavalier use of facial recognition will undoubtedly lead to wrongful detentions, deportations, or worse."
"As if this dangerous use of nonconsensual face recognition isn't bad enough, Mobile Fortify also queries a wide variety of government databases. Already there have been reports that federal officers may be using this FRT to target protesters engaging in First Amendment-protected activities. Yet ICE concluded it did not need to conduct a new Privacy Impact Assessment, which is standard practice for proposed government technologies that collect people's data."
Mobile Fortify is a mobile application used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to perform face recognition during street encounters, affecting migrants and U.S. citizens. A coalition of privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights organizations demands that the Department of Homeland Security shut down Mobile Fortify, release agency privacy analyses, and clarify face recognition policy. ICE's practices allow nonconsensual scanning with no opt-out and permit agents to treat facial recognition matches as definitive proof of immigration status, risking wrongful detentions, deportations, and other harms. Mobile Fortify queries many government databases and has been reported used against protesters. ICE did not perform a new Privacy Impact Assessment.
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