Sweden
Sweden can now scan faces in real time. The exception is the policy.
EU rules call the technology generally prohibited. Sweden has opened a conditional route for police and security services to use it.
Police may be looking for one person, but the camera can see every passer-by. Sweden has opened a legal route for police and the Security Service to use real-time facial recognition in public spaces.
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