As a provider of facial recognition and other biometric, as well as information and communications technologies, NEC Corporation welcomes greater industry collaboration and effective discussion for the future of facial recognition technology and business. As a point of background, NEC produces face, iris, fingerprint, palm print, finger vein, voice and ear acoustic recognition technologies, and has over 700 biometric recognition installations in over 70 countries around the world.
In recent weeks, the company has seen renewed calls for government regulation and discussions about how they as an industry can build a foundation of responsibility to protect people against discrimination, invasions of privacy and violations of human rights.
