In a recent decision, Québec’s privacy regulator prohibited a major grocery and pharmacy chain from deploying a facial recognition pilot project to prevent shoplifting and fraud.
While the use of video surveillance is a common practice in retail settings in Québec, this decision is an important reminder that the extraction of biometric data from raw video surveillance images must comply with stringent obligations under the Québec IT Act in addition to private sector privacy legislation.
Members of Osler's National Privacy and Data Management team François Joli-Coeur, Joanna Fine, Andy Nagy and Gregory Corosky have summarized the decision and set out key takeaways for businesses (click here to read article).
Further information on changes introduced by Law 25 to Québec's biometric data processing regime, including our key obligations chart, is available to AccessPrivacy subscribers on the Law 25 Resource Page.
