Facial recognition systems
Incidents implicated systems
Incident 107515 Report
New Orleans Police Reportedly Used Real-Time Facial Recognition Alerts Supplied by Project NOLA Despite Local Ordinance
2025-05-19
New Orleans police reportedly received real-time facial recognition alerts from a privately operated surveillance network run by Project NOLA, reportedly leading to dozens of arrests. This purported use of AI surveillance appears to conflict with a 2022 city ordinance that restricts facial recognition to specific post-incident investigations. Police are alleged to have not consistently disclosed the technology's use.
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Rite Aid Facial Recognition Disproportionately Misidentified Minority Shoppers as Shoplifters
2023-12-20
Rite Aid used facial recognition technology from October 2012 to July 2020, allegedly leading to disproportionate misidentifications of women, Black, Latino, and Asian shoppers as "likely" shoplifters. The FTC settlement prohibits Rite Aid from using this technology in stores for five years.
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Clearview AI Algorithm Built on Photos Scraped from Social Media Profiles without Consent
2017-06-15
Face-matching algorithm by Clearview AI was built using scraped images from social media sites such as Instagram and Facebook without user consent, violating social media site policies, and allegedly privacy regulations.
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Facial Recognition Smart Phone App 'Blue Wolf' Reportedly Monitored Palestinians in the West Bank
2016-06-01
A surveillance program involving facial recognition and algorithmic recommendations, Blue Wolf, was reportedly deployed by the Israeli military to monitor Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Government of Argentina
Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
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Surveillance technology developers
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Law enforcement facial recognition systems
Incidents implicated systems
- Incident 4124 Reports
Finnish Police Were Reportedly Reprimanded After National Bureau of Investigation Unit Allegedly Used Clearview AI to Identify Potential Abuse Victims
- Incident 15452 Reports
Florida Police Reportedly Wrongfully Arrested Commercial Crabber Robert Dillon After Allegedly False Facial Recognition Match
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- Incident 5172 Reports
Man Arrested For Sock Theft by False Facial Match Despite Alibi
- Incident 5181 Report
New York Detective Reportedly Misused Woody Harrelson's Face to Perform Face Recognition Search
Incidents involved as Developer
Clearview AI
Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
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- Incident 4406 Reports
Louisiana Police Wrongfully Arrested Black Man Using False Face Match
- Incident 4124 Reports
Finnish Police Were Reportedly Reprimanded After National Bureau of Investigation Unit Allegedly Used Clearview AI to Identify Potential Abuse Victims
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National security and intelligence stakeholders
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- Incident 13054 Reports
UK Facial Recognition System Reportedly Exhibits Higher False Positive Rates for Black and Asian Subjects
- Incident 6593 Reports
Purported Mass Facial Recognition Program in Gaza Reportedly Used by Israeli Forces to Identify Palestinians
Incidents involved as Deployer
Wrongfully arrested individuals
Incidents Harmed By
- Incident 15452 Reports
Florida Police Reportedly Wrongfully Arrested Commercial Crabber Robert Dillon After Allegedly False Facial Recognition Match
- Incident 8961 Report
Alleged Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology by Law Enforcement Reportedly Leading to Wrongful Arrests and Violations of Investigative Standards
Real-time facial recognition alert pipeline to New Orleans Police Department
Incidents implicated systems
Automated person-tracking via clothing and physical descriptors
Incidents implicated systems
Judicial integrity
Incidents Harmed By
- Incident 14167 Reports
Purported Facial Recognition Error Reportedly Led to Arrest and Monthslong Jailing of Tennessee Woman in North Dakota Fraud Case
- Incident 11911 Report
NYPD Facial Recognition System Allegedly Produced Erroneous Match That Reportedly Resulted in Wrongful Detention of Trevis Williams
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Incidents involved as Deployer
- Incident 13531 Report
ICE Facial Recognition App Mobile Fortify Reportedly Misidentified Woman Twice During Immigration Enforcement in Oregon
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
United States Customs and Border Protection
Incidents involved as Deployer
- Incident 13531 Report
ICE Facial Recognition App Mobile Fortify Reportedly Misidentified Woman Twice During Immigration Enforcement in Oregon
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
United States Department of Homeland Security
Incidents involved as Developer
Incidents involved as Deployer
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
- Incident 13901 Report
DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations
Unnamed woman detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Mobile Fortify
Incidents implicated systems
- Incident 13531 Report
ICE Facial Recognition App Mobile Fortify Reportedly Misidentified Woman Twice During Immigration Enforcement in Oregon
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
Legal observers
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- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
- Incident 13901 Report
DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations