Limiting DHS Facial Recognition Use to Ports of Entry for Privacy Protection
This bill aims to protect privacy by restricting the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) use of specific mobile facial recognition applications (Mobile Fortify, Mobile Identify). These applications will only be permitted for identification purposes at ports of entry. Furthermore, the law mandates the destruction of images, photographs, and fingerprints of US citizens collected through these applications.
Key points
DHS is prohibited from using Mobile Fortify and Mobile Identify applications (or successor applications) outside of ports of entry.
Requirement to destroy images, photographs, and fingerprints of US citizens collected through these applications before new standards are implemented.
Biometric data of US citizens collected via these applications at ports of entry must be destroyed within 12 hours of capture.
DHS is prohibited from sharing these specific applications with any other federal, state, local, Tribal, or territorial agency.
Status:
Introduced
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