Use of the facial recognition system to preserve public safety

Abstract

For some time now, the use of new information and communication technologies has erupted with force and has spread to more and more areas of society. Security has not remained impassive in the face of such expansion, since more and more instruments are used to safeguard public security. Among them, those that are based on biometrics stand out, by allowing the identification of a person through physiological parameters. Especially significant is facial recognition, offering the possibility of detecting a person, even in a large crowd, through the parameters of the face. Although it has been put into practice in some countries, in order to detect known criminals, showing certain guarantees of success, the truth is that its implementation in our country is not without controversy. The main inconveniences that it raises derive from the eventual infrigement of the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens. For this reason, it is necessary to address the study of the ethical and legal implications that the use of the facial recognition system would entail in our country, in order to determine if it could be applied in any case or under certain conditions specifically established in a Law.