https://media.privacyinternational.org/videos/watch/387e39cb-5b0f-432d-8c18-ea10caba3a88 A Spanish company is helping India run facial recognition that would be unlawful for law enforcement in Europe under the guise of “women’s safety”. Herta Security’s system is being deployed across several Indian railway stations, temples and cities. The technology scans faces in public and cross-checks them against police watchlists of criminals, suspects and missing people. Part of the rollout is linked to an Indian government fund created after the 2012 Delhi gang rape to improve women’s safety. Women’s rights experts say mass surveillance does not make women safer. India has no comprehensive data protection law for mass facial recognition technology. Surveillance sold as safety, without safeguards, protects no one. facial recognition India, Herta Security India, Herta facial recognition, Spanish surveillance company, Investigate Europe Herta, facial recognition railway stations India, live facial recognition, AI facial recognition, biometric surveillance, mass surveillance, police watchlists, public CCTV, women’s safety surveillance, facial recognition Europe ban, EU AI Act facial recognition, law enforcement facial recognition, biometric data, data protection India, privacy, digital rights, surveillance technology, public spaces surveillance, police surveillance, CCTV India, AI surveillance, safeguards, transparency, accountability Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:52:32 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://media.privacyinternational.org https://media.privacyinternational.org/lazy-static/avatars/5c7454e0-676b-43a0-8933-4867d0c1f2e6.png https://media.privacyinternational.org/videos/watch/387e39cb-5b0f-432d-8c18-ea10caba3a88 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://media.privacyinternational.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.