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He said that the CBP was using algorithms to verify that a person claiming to be a U.S. citizen is a citizen, and that CBP only holds photos of U.S. citizens for 12 hours before deleting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is absolutely not a surveillance program,\u201d Wagner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some committee members called CBP\u2019s collection of Americans\u2019 photos as an \u201cexpansion,\u201d but Wagner pushed back against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thompson asked CBP to provide the agency\u2019s written policy regarding facial recognition and U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facial recognition technology is fraught with privacy and access concerns. The Washington Post revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2019\/07\/07\/fbi-ice-find-state-drivers-license-photos-are-gold-mine-facial-recognition-searches\/?utm_term=.96a1ac4c1897\">July 7<\/a> that the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been scanning millions of Americans\u2019 driver\u2019s licenses without their consent through state-run databases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Government Accountability Office, the FBI has access to more than 641 million face photos through its database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another recent scare, a data breach at a CBP subcontractor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/civilian\/dhs\/2019\/06\/10\/a-customs-subcontractor-was-compromised-was-your-info\/\">exposed<\/a> traveler photos and license plates. CBP has said that the number of victims was below 100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers also pressed Wagner on that data breach. During the hearing, Wagner said that CBP was testing the subcontractor\u2019s camera on the U.S.-Mexico border, facts which CBP did not specify in early June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wagner testified that the subcontractor breach was part of a standalone pilot program, disconnected from the CBP\u2019s main network. 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