Yes, Americans can opt-out of airport facial recognition – here’s how

After all, it’s not Customs and Border Protection collecting your facial recognition data directly — it’s the airlines — and they pass it on to the government. A sign allowing U.S. citizens to opt-out of facial scans (Image: Twitter/Juli Lyskawa)

If you’re a U.S. citizen, you can opt out by telling an officer or airline employee at the time of a facial recognition scan. Facial recognition data collected by the airlines on U.S. citizens is stored by Customs and Border Protection for between 12 hours and two weeks, and 75 years for non-citizens.

Source: techcrunch.com