Globe & Mail series on facial recognition

This week, the Globe & Mail is running a series of articles and opinion pieces on the use of facial recognition technologies. They're worth a read:

• Canadian casinos, banks, police use facial-recognition technology - Jul 25, 2011 – Businesses swear customers’ privacy will not be affected - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/canadian-casinos-banks-police-use-facial-recognition-technology/article2109568/ 
• Consider this: Emerging facial recognition software requires ethical checks and balances - Jul 24, 2011 – As facial recognition software creeps into our lives, lawmakers need to recognize the difference between government data and facial data - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/consider-this-emerging-facial-recognition-software-requires-ethical-checks-and-balances/article2108200/
• Facial-recognition technology needs limits, privacy advocates warn - Jul 24, 2011 – Once the domain of security agencies, software that recognizes you by a computer image of your face is spreading, online and in the real world. Should Canadians welcome, or fear, this development? - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/time-to-lead-archives/facial-recognition-technology-needs-limits-privacy-advocates-warn/article2108118/