Swiss airports and airlines green lighted for facial recognition

Swiss airports and airlines will be able to use facial recognition systems in certain situations in future. Parliament can now decide on these and other amendments to the Aviation Act. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Council adopted the corresponding dispatch on the bill on Wednesday. Among other things, it now provides a legal basis for the use of biometric personal data, as it writes. However, both airport and airline staff and passengers will only be checked if the person in question has given their express consent for this form of check, according to the Federal Council's report. Before consent is given, the person concerned must be informed in writing and it must be explained in particular how the biometric personal data will be used. + Survey finds majority of Swiss candidates against automatic facial recognition The use of biometric personal data should be able to be used as an alternative to existing processes for security checks at ...