Stern v. Weldon
- Filed: 11/30/2021
- Status: Settled
- Latest Update: Nov 30, 2021
This is a lawsuit filed in RI Superior Court challanging the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training's refusal to provide the ACLU any documents in response to an Access to Public Records Act (APRA) request related to the agency’s use of facial recognition software.
Nov 30, 2021
ACLU Sues RIDLT for Hiding Information on Facial Surveillance Technology
Is the R.I. Department of Labor and Training (DLT) planning to use facial recognition technology to process unemployment claims? The agency doesn’t want the public to know, so the ACLU of Rhode Island today filed an open records lawsuit to find out. The suit is in response to the DLT’s refusal to provide the ACLU any documents in response to an Access to Public Records Act (APRA) request that sought records related to the agency’s “actual or considered usage of facial recognition and identify verification software … in the course of processing unemployment claims.”
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Nov 30, 2021
ACLU Sues RIDLT for Hiding Information on Facial Surveillance Technology
Is the R.I. Department of Labor and Training (DLT) planning to use facial recognition technology to process unemployment claims? The agency doesn’t want the public to know, so the ACLU of Rhode Island today filed an open records lawsuit to find out. The suit is in response to the DLT’s refusal to provide the ACLU any documents in response to an Access to Public Records Act (APRA) request that sought records related to the agency’s “actual or considered usage of facial recognition and identify verification software … in the course of processing unemployment claims.”
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