Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Kentucky are considering a pair of bills intended to protect residents’ biometric identifiers from perceived misuse by state and local agencies and businesses.
Both, now in committee, are forming in the state’s lower house, which at the moment is largely controlled by politicians currying favor with anti-establishment voters. The first, House Bill 45, would restrict how agencies automatically collect and use face and other biometric identifiers as well as objects like license plate data.
