Stadiums Queensland has confirmed it is trialling facial recognition software on sports fans and concert goers, following New South Wales and Victoria in implementing mass surveillance technology at major stadiums.
Stadiums Queensland oversees nine of the state’s biggest venues, including Lang Park, the Gabba and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, but would not confirm which venues were involved in the trial for security reasons.
Queensland’s Privacy Commissioner, Phil Green, has raised concerns about the quiet implementation of the technology, saying the public deserves to know when their images and data are being captured, and warned ethnic minorities could be disproportionately targeted by the software’s algorithms.