CBSA to use facial recognition app for people facing deportation amid privacy concerns

The mobile reporting app would use biometrics to confirm a person's identity and record their location data when they use the app to check in.

CBSA to use facial recognition app for people facing deportation amid privacy concerns
A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) sign is seen in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Alberta border officers said they made their largest-ever seizure of methamphetamine earlier this week at a crossing into Canada from Montana.

The mobile reporting app would use biometrics to confirm a person's identity and record their location data when they use the app to check in.