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Face recognition to be used in Telangana municipal polls

For the first time in India, facial recognition will be used during elections, as the Telangana State Election Commission will be piloting the technology at 10 booths in the upcoming civic polls.

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Published : Jan 20, 2020, 2:31 PM IST

Hyderabad: In a first-of-its-kind in India, the Telangana State Election Commission will be using facial recognition app in a bid to counter impersonation by voters on a pilot basis in 10 selected polling stations.

The initiative will be implemented in Kompally Municipality of Medchal Malkajgiri district, an official release said.

However, a negative result would not deprive the voter form exercising his or her franchise and pictorial data collected during the process will be deleted afterwards, the release issued on Saturday night said.

Polling for 120 municipalities and nine municipal corporations will be held on January 22 and the results would be declared on January 25.

However, Karimnagar Municipal Corporation will go for polls on January 25 and results will be declared on January 27.

"This technology is proposed to be used in selected 10 polling stations of Kompally Municipality of Medchal Malkajgiri district. Further it is ensured that the photographs taken are not stored or used for any other purpose.

Read: T'gana: Cong blames poll schedule for not finding apt candidates

"They will be erased from the memory of the mobile phone used in the polling station and also the server of TSTS (Telangana State Technology Services). For this TSTS has to give an undertaking to this effect before implementation of the pilot project," the SEC said.

The additional polling officer, with the smartphone, first verifies the identity proof of the voters and then takes photographs and uploads them to the server using face recognition app installed in the phone provided to him so as to compare it with photographs of the orders of the polling station concerned.

The app displays results of the verification based on the match established with anyone of the voters with an appropriate message, it said adding the entire process is properly encrypted and data is kept anonymous.

"It is the process of either encrypting or removing personally identifiable information from data sets so that the people whom the data describe remain anonymous. The input files (encrypted live data photo) are deleted immediately after the purpose is fulfilled," the SEC said.

All stakeholders including political parties and polling staff would be sensitised on the new initiative.

Read: AIMIM to contest from Nizamabad, Bodhan in 2023 Telangana assembly elections: Owaisi

Hyderabad: In a first-of-its-kind in India, the Telangana State Election Commission will be using facial recognition app in a bid to counter impersonation by voters on a pilot basis in 10 selected polling stations.

The initiative will be implemented in Kompally Municipality of Medchal Malkajgiri district, an official release said.

However, a negative result would not deprive the voter form exercising his or her franchise and pictorial data collected during the process will be deleted afterwards, the release issued on Saturday night said.

Polling for 120 municipalities and nine municipal corporations will be held on January 22 and the results would be declared on January 25.

However, Karimnagar Municipal Corporation will go for polls on January 25 and results will be declared on January 27.

"This technology is proposed to be used in selected 10 polling stations of Kompally Municipality of Medchal Malkajgiri district. Further it is ensured that the photographs taken are not stored or used for any other purpose.

Read: T'gana: Cong blames poll schedule for not finding apt candidates

"They will be erased from the memory of the mobile phone used in the polling station and also the server of TSTS (Telangana State Technology Services). For this TSTS has to give an undertaking to this effect before implementation of the pilot project," the SEC said.

The additional polling officer, with the smartphone, first verifies the identity proof of the voters and then takes photographs and uploads them to the server using face recognition app installed in the phone provided to him so as to compare it with photographs of the orders of the polling station concerned.

The app displays results of the verification based on the match established with anyone of the voters with an appropriate message, it said adding the entire process is properly encrypted and data is kept anonymous.

"It is the process of either encrypting or removing personally identifiable information from data sets so that the people whom the data describe remain anonymous. The input files (encrypted live data photo) are deleted immediately after the purpose is fulfilled," the SEC said.

All stakeholders including political parties and polling staff would be sensitised on the new initiative.

Read: AIMIM to contest from Nizamabad, Bodhan in 2023 Telangana assembly elections: Owaisi

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Face recognition app to be used in T'gana Municipal polls on
pilot basis
         Hyderabad, Jan 20 (PTI): In a first-of-its-kind in
India, the Telangana State Election Commission will be using
facial recognition app in a bid to counter impersonation by
voters on a pilot basis in 10 selected polling stations.
         The initiative will be implemented in Kompally
Municipality of Medchal Malkajgiri district, an official
release said.
         However, a negative result would not deprive the voter
form exercising his or her franchise and pictorial data
collected during the process will be deleted afterwards, the
release issued on Saturday night said.
         Polling for 120 municipalities and nine municipal
corporations will be held on January 22 and the results would
be declared on January 25.
         However, Karimnagar Municipal Corporation will go for
polls on January 25 and results will be declared on January
27.
         "This technology is proposed to be used in selected 10
polling stations of Kompally Municipality of Medchal
Malkajgiri district. Further it is ensured that the
photographs taken are not stored or used for any other
purpose.
          "They will be erased from the memory of the mobile
phone used in the polling station and also the server of TSTS
(Telangana State Technology Services). For this TSTS has to
give an undertaking to this effect before implementation of
the pilot project," the SEC said.
         The additional polling officer, with the smartphone,
first verifies the identity proof of the voters and then takes
photographs and uploads them to the server using face
recognition app installed in the phone provided to him so as
to compare it with photographs of the orders of the polling
station concerned.
         The app displays results of the verification based on
the match established with anyone of the voters with an
appropriate message, it said adding the entire process is
properly encrypted and data is kept anonymous.
         "It is the process of either encrypting or removing
personally identifiable information from data sets so that the
people whom the data describe remain anonymous. The input
files (encrypted live data photo) are deleted immediately
after the purpose is fulfilled," the SEC said.
         All stakeholders including political parties and
polling staff would be sensitised on the new initiative. PTI
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