Automated facial recognition and face analysis are becoming increasingly used both in the private sector and in the public sector. Security is the most documented and debated application area - in particular the use by police forces -but these technologies are also deployed, or experimented with, in many other areas, either to make life easier or to improve "customer experience". For example, they can make it possible to unlock a mobile phone without having to enter a secret code or to pay in a shopping center without having to use cash or a payment card. The huge threats to privacy posed by automated facial recognition and its impact on human rights are widely recognized and organizations, such as the CNIL, have called for a democratic debate on the topic. The key issue that we would like to discuss in this panel is the best way to control the development of these technologies. In particular, we would like to ask the following questions: