澳大利亚AFL俱乐部正在探索使用面部识别技术作为新的购票和入场方式。[1]Geelong Football Club已在其主场GMHBA Stadium向会员提供了这项服务，[1]而技术供应商Wicket表示正与另外三至四家AFL俱乐部进行相关讨论。[1]根据Wicket首席运营官Jeff Boehm的介绍，这种技术在美国已被广泛采用，美国每支NFL球队都在使用面部识别技术进行某种形式的入场。[1]
然而，这一举措引发了隐私专家的担忧。[1]澳大利亚隐私法规定使用面部识别需获得用户同意，且生物识别模板被列为敏感信息。[1]来自悉尼科技大学的专家Lauren Perry警告称，通过激励措施交换生物识别数据可能构成胁迫，违反真正同意的原则。[1]Wicket方面则表示，收集的数据由场馆或俱乐部所有，并将在赛季结束后删除。[1]该公司自2024年起已通过Ticketmaster在澳网提供此类技术。[1]
Australian Football League clubs are investigating the adoption of facial recognition technology as an alternative ticketing and entry system.[1] Geelong Football Club has already begun offering this service to its members at GMHBA Stadium, with technology provider Wicket currently in discussions with three to four additional AFL clubs about implementing similar systems.[1]
The technology is far from novel in sports venues, particularly in North America.[1] According to Wicket's Chief Operating Officer Jeff Boehm, every NFL team in the United States currently uses facial recognition technology for some form of venue entry.[1] However, the expansion of biometric data collection in Australian sports has raised concerns among privacy experts.[1] Under Australian privacy law, facial recognition requires user consent, and biometric templates are classified as sensitive information.[1] UTS expert Lauren Perry has cautioned that offering incentives in exchange for biometric data could constitute coercion and undermine genuine consent.[1] Wicket maintains that venue operators or clubs retain ownership of the collected data, which is deleted at the end of each season.[1] The company has already been operating the technology at the Australian Open since 2024 through Ticketmaster.[1]