New South Wales publishes voluntary facial-recognition code for venues
New South Wales published a voluntary code for hotels, pubs and clubs using facial recognition at venues with gaming machines. The guidance covers biometric data security, privacy and staff responses, and is intended to help identify self-excluded customers and address money-laundering risks; separate shutdown rules for gaming machines are due by 31 March.
Venues using facial recognition will have guidance on handling biometric data and identifying self-excluded patrons.