Italy privacy watchdog suspends facial recognition at Stadio Olimpico; law may restore it

Italy's Data Protection Authority ordered the Interior Ministry to suspend facial recognition use at Rome's Stadio Olimpico after four years of operation without adequate legal basis, per unpublished documents. The suspension could be reversed by pending legislation, leaving the future of biometric surveillance in Italian stadiums uncertain. This marks a notable enforcement action against state use of biometric technology, with implications for privacy and surveillance policy.