biometrics legislation

Juul Feels the Heat with Class Action BIPA Lawsuit

November 8, 2019

Juul Labs has become the latest company to get hit with an Illinois class action lawsuit for gathering biometric information without proper consent. The e-cigarette manufacturer uses biometrics to verify […]

INTERVIEW: Paravision CEO Doug Aley on NIST, Computer Vision, and the Big Market His Company Wants to Avoid

October 28, 2019

Ever AI’s announcement that it was rebranding as Paravision this past summer arrived alongside some other big news: the company’s facial recognition algorithm had attained the top ranking in the […]

SIA Advocates for Facial Recognition in Letter to US Lawmakers

October 22, 2019

A large coalition of organizations and trade associations has asked Congress to reconsider public bans on facial recognition technology. The group sent a letter to leading Democrat and Republican lawmakers, […]

Michigan Lawmakers Call for Examination of Facial Recognition and Racial Bias

October 15, 2019

Detroit lawmakers are expressing concern about law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology. City council member Roy McCalister, Jr. will be discussing the technology at an upcoming community forum, while […]

Good ID Highlights Need for Policies that Limit Police Use of Facial Recognition

September 26, 2019

Law enforcement’s unmonitored use of facial recognition technology has come under increasing scrutiny in the past few months. Bernie Sanders has echoed San Francisco and called for a complete ban […]

Magisto User Sues Vimeo for BIPA Violations

September 24, 2019

Vimeo is the latest tech company to get hit with a BIPA lawsuit in Illinois. The lawsuit specifically concerns the video editing app Magisto, which Vimeo acquired earlier this year. […]

Detroit Officials Reach Compromise on Police Use of Facial Recognition

September 20, 2019

City officials in Detroit have come to a compromise on police use of facial recognition technology, with an oversight committee clearing it for criminal investigations but banning the technology’s use […]

Chicago Heating Company Faces New BIPA Lawsuit

September 19, 2019

Another business may have run afoul of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Kevin Truss has filed a class action lawsuit against Four Seasons Heating & Air Conditioning Inc., […]

California Legislature Approves 3-Year Moratorium on Police Use of Face-Scanning Body Cams

September 13, 2019

“It’s worth noting that this latest state legislation is concerned specifically with the use of facial recognition technology through police-worn body cameras…” California’s State Assembly has approved a moratorium on […]

Major Insurer Warns About Rise of BIPA, Other Biometrics Laws

August 30, 2019

One of the world’s biggest insurers is warning about the risks of biometric privacy legislation. The warning comes by way of Chubb’s latest Cyber InFocus report, with Illinois’s Biometric Information […]

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