{"id":777012977,"date":"2024-02-07T08:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T11:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012977"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:14:35","slug":"clubs-australia-wants-exemptions-on-use-of-facial-recognition-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/clubs-australia-wants-exemptions-on-use-of-facial-recognition-technology","title":{"rendered":"Clubs Australia wants exemptions on use of facial recognition technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It says the technology is needed to enforce gambling exclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.-<strong>\u00a0Clubs Australia<\/strong>\u00a0is calling for gaming venues to be exempt from new rules on the use of facial recognition technology.\u00a0The coalition of state and territory associations represents the interests of more than 6,500 licensed clubs across Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal government is introducing stringent regulations on the collection, storage, and use of biometric data,\u00a0<strong>including facial recognition <\/strong>as part of its digital identity scheme. The regulations aim to enhance privacy protections and safeguard sensitive information. However, Clubs Australia says the proposed restrictions could undermine gambling harm reduction,  including the ability to identify people listed on self-exclusion registers, a requirement in various states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Clubs Australia, licensed clubs across the country have a number of duties and functions that require identity verification: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complying with sign-in requirements imposed by state and territory legislation, where clubs must collect and retain certain personal information of all members and visitors&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evidencing that the club checked the age of a patron, to ensure the club is complying with requirements to turn away minors&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holding a register of members, which is a requirement, per se, in most jurisdictions, and also enables clubs to notify members about general meetings like AGMs&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Undertaking customer due diligence under the Anti-Money Laundering and CounterTerrorism Act 2006&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Administering gambling self-exclusion schemes, as required by state and territory laws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clubs Australia said several gambling venues in Australia, particularly in South Australia, Queensland, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-to-roll-out-facial-recognition-technology-in-pubs-and-clubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New South Wales<\/a>, have already implemented facial recognition technology to identify people on self-exclusion registers.\u00a0It recommended that the government continue to consult with industry, including Clubs Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It says the technology is needed to enforce gambling exclusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Clubs Australia is advocating for gaming venues to be exempt from new federal facial recognition technology regulations in Australia. The organization argues that this technology is critical for enforcing gambling self-exclusion schemes, age verification, and Anti-Money Laundering\/Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML\/CTF) compliance, which are mandated by state and territory legislation. The proposed federal restrictions on biometric data collection could therefore undermine existing harm reduction and regulatory obligations for licensed clubs.","focusai_entities":"Clubs Australia, Australian federal government","focusai_location":"Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Analysis","query":"What is the federal government's projected impact assessment on responsible gambling frameworks if gaming venues are not exempted from the new biometric data regulations?"},{"label":"Technology Adoption Outlook","query":"How will the proposed federal regulations influence the adoption rate and technological specifications of facial recognition systems for self-exclusion enforcement across Australian gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[23911,23907],"class_list":["post-777012977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777012977"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012985,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012977\/revisions\/777012985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}