Facebook Tells Clearview AI to Stop Taking Photos
Clearview AI is continuing to experience blowback over its controversial facial recognition scheme. Facebook has told Clearview to stop mining the social media…
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Russian Activists Challenge Moscow’s New Facial Recognition Network
The city of Moscow is already facing its first major legal challenge after launching a city-wide surveillance network on January 1. The network is managed by…
New York Law Firm Offers Guidance on California Consumer Privacy Act
Major New York Law Firm Kramer Levin has written a post on its website offering companies some information and guidance on the recently passed California…
Clearview Quietly Sells Face Recognition Tech to Law Enforcement Agencies
Privacy advocates are in an uproar in the wake of a bombshell report from the New York Times. The report details the activities of a company called Clearview…
Apple at Centre of Fight to Unlock Pensacola Shooter’s iPhone
Apple is once again at the centre of a privacy debate over requests for the tech giant to unlock the iPhones of the shooter in a recent tragedy at a […]
After Prolonged Administrative Struggle, New York Gets its First School Deployment of Facial Recognition
After a long period of administrative dialogue, New York state now has its first publicly known school deployment of facial recognition technology. The AEGIS…
UK Commissioner Investigates Use of Biometric Surveillance in London
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched an investigation into the use of facial recognition surveillance technology in the Granary Square…
Chicago Judge Dismisses BIPA Case Over Lack of ‘Concrete Injuries’
A lawsuit against Google based on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, or BIPA, has been dismissed by a district court judge – but that doesn’t mean…
Illinois Biometrics Law Gets New Ally in Incoming Attorney General
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has a potentially powerful new defender in the state’s newly-elected Attorney General, Kwame Raoul. The law,…
In New York, Facial Recognition Debate Goes to School
Prompted by an outcry from the New York Civil Liberties Union, officials with New York State Department of Education and the Lockport City School District are…