This Is Surveillance
Automated analysis of people in video is a different activity from recording them, whatever the existing signage says. What changes, and what to settle first.
Analysis
The boundary
The section this subject requires. What should not be built, why the objections converge rather than trading off, and what to offer instead when the request is reasonable underneath.
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Facial Recognition
The application with the strongest legal restrictions, the most uneven error distribution, and the consequences of error landing on a person.
Analysis
Emotion and Intent Inference
Products claiming to read emotion, attention or intent from video rest on contested science, and are prohibited outright in several contexts.
Analysis
Covert Deployment
Monitoring people who do not know it is happening is unlawful in many places and indefensible in the rest. The narrow exceptions and why they are narrow.
Reference
What Not to Build
A short list to rule out at design time, with the reason for each and what to offer instead. Cheaper to refuse than to remove.
Reference
How to Decline
Refusing a request badly loses the argument and the relationship. Naming the reason, answering the real question, and recording the decision.
Procedure