VT: Attorney General sides against Vermont DMV's facial recognition program

Burlington Free Press: The Vermont Attorney General's Office has concluded that a facial recognition program used by the state's Department of Motor Vehicles does not fully comply with Vermont law.

Attorney General T.J. Donovan says the program should remain suspended until the Vermont Legislature reviews the program and provides the DMV with authorization to use the program, a news release sent Tuesday states.

Donovan's conclusions come almost two months after Gov. Phil Scott asked the DMV to stop using the technology pending review by Donovan's office. The issue came to light after the American Civil Liberties Union in Vermont wrote a letter to the DMV outlining concerns about the program, which uses facial recognition technology to scan the DMV database of more than 700,000 individuals.

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