The Public Security Ministry is promoting a bill that would allow police to use facial recognition systems in public spaces across Israel without a warrant, according to a draft of it made public last Thursday.
If the bill becomes law, police would be allowed to use facial recognition cameras to match people's faces to the data stored in police databases, Ha'aretz reported.
"The information collected in the special camera system will be used in a way that does no harm, to an extent that conforms to a person’s [need for] privacy," the draft text reads.