Garante does not favor use of Sari Real Time system

Italy’s data protection authority, the Garante, issued an opinion that the Ministry of the Interior’s use of the Sari Real Time system does not comply with privacy legislation. Through cameras installed in a certain geographical area, the system would assist police forces in analyzing individuals' faces and comparing them with a predefined “watch-list.” In addition to lacking a legal basis for the automated processing of biometric data for facial recognition, the authority said it creates “a form of indiscriminate/mass surveillance.”