Category: Those with sensitive health concerns

Partners Serbia are challenging the illegal acquisition of automatic facial recognition equipment by education and health institutions in Serbia. The litigation will start with motions for the initiation of an inspection by the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, potentially followed by litigation through the domestic courts. The basis for the litigation is public procurement research conducted by Partners Serbia and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.

Partners Serbia will demand the Commissioner initiate a supervision procedure to determine whether the public procurement of this equipment was carried out per the procedures for personal data protection, as well as if schools and hospitals that already use this equipment have a lawful legal basis for this and whether they could achieve the same purpose with a less intrusive means. If it detects irregularities, the Commissioner will order operators to cease using this type of surveillance, as well as to destroy the data collected in this way. The Commissioner may also initiate further court proceedings to establish responsibility and impose sanctions on operators.