A survey of U.S. public perspectives on facial recognition technology and facial imaging data practices in health and research contexts.

ABSTRACT: Facial imaging and facial recognition technologies, now common in our daily lives, also are increasingly incorporated into health care processes, enabling touch-free appointment check-in, matching patients accurately, and assisting with the diagnosis of certain medical conditions. The use, sharing, and storage of facial data is expected to expand in coming years, yet little is documented about the perspectives of patients and participants regarding these uses. We developed a pair of surveys to gather public perspectives on uses of facial images and facial recognition technologies in healthcare and in health-related research in the United States. We used Qualtrics Panels to collect responses from general public respondents using two complementary and overlapping survey instruments; one focu

SUBMITTER: Katsanis SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516205 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature