The Union Home Ministry has given approval to the automated facial recognition system (AFRS) for identification of unrecognised bodies, missing children and criminals.
Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy on March 4, 2020 said in Rajya Sabha that the approval has been accorded for implementation of AFRS by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
AFRS will use police records and will be accessible only to law enforcement agencies, he said in reply to a written question.
About AFRS
Automated facial recognition system (AFRS) is a software that recognizes, records and matches faces against various government databases from photos and videos taken from public and private sources.
Law Enforcement agency’s AFRS is different from the facial recognition systems used on smartphones. Smartphone’s AFRS is based on the ISO 19794-5 standard meant for consumer biometrics; the police’s software is more “restrictive” in nature.
