At the turn of the bill on the Olympic Games of 2024, amendments attempt to extend video surveillance.
There will be no facial recognition in public space during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. On the other hand, video surveillance could develop in France, thanks to this major sporting event. It is in any case the expressed wish of elected members of the Senate: to seize this event to extend, including punctually, the use of these cameras.
While the bill relating to the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be examined in the Senate in public session from January 24, members of the parliamentary group Les Républicains – majority in the upper house, but not in the National Assembly – tabled amendments on this topic, as this was noted on Twitter.
Sound, transport monitoring and even biometrics
In this first amendment, defended by Philippe Tabarot (LR), it is aboutallow sound recording by the cameras. This expansion ” would be a definite benefit in the event of a police investigation “or would help a” removal of doubt “, while allowing to ” enhance the efficiency of intelligent video devices “. It would also serve to limit the risks of false negatives ” where the ” bias “.
One other amendment aims this time to mobilize video surveillance to ” fight effectively against the proliferation of offenses involving illegal pick-up of customers by private public carriers, VTCs or clandestine taxis “. A situation which damages the image of France with travelers “, we read in the explanatory memorandum.
As to to the last amendment of the kind deposited by the right, he wishes to open the possibility ” implement algorithmic processing intended to identify, on the basis of their biometric characteristics, persons who are exhaustively and previously listed and who pose a serious and immediate threat to public order. »
Defended by Marc-Philippe Daubresse (Senator LR), the amendment supports the establishment of a ” temporary and exceptional device “, which only aims ” security in the face of a risk of an act of terrorism during the 2024 Olympic Games, but also other major international sporting events. In fact, it goes against the government’s decision to avoid facial recognition.
It is a question of resorting real-time biometric data processing in public spaces “. For this, the public space – in this case the places that host these events as well as their surroundings – would be equipped with “cdedicated ameras separate from those of video protection systems “, because of the terrorist danger which weighs on him.
By way of framework and limit, the amendment proposes to take into account the rules provided for in the bill, on the one hand, by limiting access to judicial police officers and by providing for several employment restrictions. The use of these treatments would be done on green light from the prefect, with a reasoned request from the police, for a period of 48 hours.
In the event of an extension, a new examination would be required. It is also planned to limit the number of these cameras that can be used for algorithmic processing, whether at local or national level.
Finally, in terms of control, the senator proposes to put in the loop the Cnil, the Parliament and a scientific and ethical committee to evaluate the good respect of the framework. Reports would be sent regularly to elected officials and made public. The government would also submit an annual report on this system. As for the Cnil, it would also be kept informed.
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