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Sheriff's office gets board approval for biometric data-access agreement; privacy concerns noted
Summary
Jackson County Board of Directors approved a data-access agreement June 9 allowing a biometric vendor to access the county’s public booking photographs and provide the county with two free user licenses.
Jackson County Board of Directors approved a data-access agreement June 9 allowing a biometric vendor to access the county’s public booking photographs and provide the county with two free user licenses.
A representative of the sheriff’s office described the vendor — referred to in the discussion as Amber Biometrics (the vendor name was mentioned with inconsistent spellings in the packet) — which operates facial-recognition tools that compare unknown photos against a large database. The…
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