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Madison Square Garden temporarily disabled its on-site surveillance system during Taylor Swift<\/a> and Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding, according to a new Wired<\/em> report<\/a>. The New York City venue reportedly locked security staff out of its camera network and facial recognition software for seven hours on July 2, the night of Swift and Kelce\u2019s rehearsal dinner, and again for their wedding ceremony on the 3rd. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Swift for comment.<\/p>\n Wired<\/em>\u2019s Noah Shachtman, who recently reported on MSG\u2019s extensive celebrity database<\/a>, acquired an internal memo that confirms the shutdown was the result of a \u201cclient privacy request.\u201d However, such requests are apparently unheard of. An anonymous source told Wired<\/em> that \u201cit has never been done,\u201d whether by NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, or the New York Police Department\u2014all of whom have previously held private events at properties owned by MSG CEO James Dolan. (Madison Square Garden is currently in legal proceedings against Wired<\/em> over their reporting on the so-called \u201ctalent database,\u201d which a representative for the venue called \u201cinaccurate and false.\u201d)<\/p>\n The MSG security system runs on a software called Genetec. Guests entering the building pass through biometric scanners, after which they can be monitored from camera to camera. Attendees at the Swift-Kelce nuptials would have also bypassed these scanners via a separate, private entrance, per reporting by CNN<\/a>. The memo viewed by Wired<\/em> does confirm that MSG\u2019s outside-facing cameras were left on throughout the multi-day festivities.<\/p>\n Last month, the criminal hacker collective ShinyHunters leaked MSG\u2019s internal \u201ctalent\u201d database, which classified nearly 40,000 celebrities by a supposed \u201crisk level\u201d as well as their race, gender, and sexual orientation. Shachtman identified several of Swift\u2019s and Kelce\u2019s guests who also had risk scores in the database, including Selena Gomez and her husband Benny Blanco, Benson Boone, and Ice Spice.<\/p>\n