Biometric identities and the invisible person: The fight for ‘facial privacy’ in Canada

By Hodine Williams ( November 6, 2025, 12:56 PM EST) -- When you walk down a city street today, it may not be just other pedestrians who notice you. Cameras — some obvious, some hidden — are quietly watching, capturing and, in some cases, analyzing the smallest details of your face. Your cheekbones, the distance between your eyes, the awkward contours of your nose, the curve of your lips — all these unique traits are converted into data points that can identify you faster than you can blink. This, in essence, is the new frontier of identity: the age of biometric recognition....