ABSTRACT

Surveillance technologies – particularly digital surveillance technologies – have proliferated and become increasingly powerful in recent years. This article discusses recent and emerging legal and policy developments in Australia with respect to facial recognition and related technologies in particular. It analyses these developments from the perspective of international human rights law, focussing on privacy and related rights. The article contends that greater attention needs to be paid in Australia to the risks to human rights posed by these technologies, both in the development of policy and legislation, and on the part of a citizenry which stands to have its freedom significantly restricted in the coming years.

摘要

近年来，监控技术——尤其是数字监控技术——不断激增并变得越来越强大。本文特别讨论了澳大利亚在面部识别和相关技术方面最近出现的法律和政策发展。它从国际人权法的角度分析了这些发展，重点关注隐私和相关权利。文章认为，澳大利亚需要更多地关注这些技术对人权造成的风险，无论是在政策和立法的制定方面，还是在未来将受到严重限制的公民方面。年。