Yes. Privacy is a social good that benefits everyone, including the women and children who are often engaged in the narrative of saying that one of the beneficial uses of facial recognition is to protect marginalized or victimized groups. It's very important to acknowledge those potential beneficial uses of facial recognition while nuancing that narrative considerably. In particular, we need to recognize the way in which the potential erosion of privacy as a social good will also harm women and children.
One beneficial use case of facial surveillance, as far as I understand it, is an example from Canada, called Project Arachnid. It might be helpful to the committee to speak to someone involved in that project. It's a very narrowly designed use case of facial surveillance, or facial recognition technology more specifically. I'd be happy to speak more about definitions in another question.
The specific goals and purposes for the creation of an in-house facial recognition system have been set very narrowly. That is quite distinct from the broader arguments or narratives that facial recognition should not be banned or limited in various ways because there can be, generally speaking, potentially positive use cases. It's far more important to balance the social positive good of privacy in those kinds of discussions.
I feel like I'm limited on time. I'd be more than happy to talk about it more.