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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="3-717" title_number="3" title_name="Employment Standards and Conditions" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Facial recognition service” means technology that analyzes facial features and is used for recognition or persistent tracking of individuals in still or video images.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Facial template” means the machine–interpretable pattern of facial features that is extracted from one or more images of an individual by a facial recognition service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An employer may not use a facial recognition service for the purpose of creating a facial template during an applicant’s interview for employment unless an applicant consents under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant may consent to the use of facial recognition service technology during an interview by signing a waiver.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The waiver signed under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall state in plain language:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the applicant’s name;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date of the interview;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>that the applicant consents to the use of facial recognition during the interview; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>whether the applicant read the consent waiver.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
