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The national '''Automated Facial Recognition System''' (AFRS) or the '''National''' '''Automated Facial Recognition System''' (NAFRS) is a [[facial recognition system]] designed to identify, track, and capture criminals in [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/worlds-biggest-face-recognition-system-arrives-in-india-next-month/articleshow/71692022.cms?from=mdr|title=World's biggest face recognition system arrives in India next month|date=2019-10-21|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
On 8 July 2019, the [[National Crime Records Bureau]] (NCRB) invited bids to create and establish the AFRS protocol through a 172-page document, which stated that "this is an effort in the direction of modernizing the police force, information gathering, criminal identification, verification and its dissemination among various police organizations and units across the country."<ref>[http://ncrb.gov.in/TENDERS/AFRS/RFP_NAFRS.pdf Request For Proposal To procure National Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS)]</ref> The NCRB, state police forces, and the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] would be the beneficiaries.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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The intention to establish a country-wide facial recognition system stemmed from a trial run of a facial recognition software used by the Delhi police in April 2018 to identify and rescue 3,000 missing children in four days.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Controversies ==<br />
[[Internet Freedom Foundation]] (IFF), a non-profit organisation based in New Delhi, filed a legal notice with the NCRB stating that the AFRS would cause digital privacy concerns for the nation's citizens. NCRB responded stating that AFRS "only automates the existing police procedure of comparing suspects’ photos with those listed in LEA’s [Law Enforcement Agency] databases.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/11/11/india-goes-ahead-with-its-facial-recognition-program-despite-privacy-concerns/|title=India is going ahead with its facial recognition program despite privacy concerns|last=Lakshmanan|first=Ravie|date=2019-11-11|website=The Next Web|language=en-us|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref><br />
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