facial recognition technology Archives

Facial Recognition Tech Should Be Banned: EU Privacy Watchdog

Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its "deep and non-democratic intrusion" into people's private lives, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said ...

Big Brother Is Watching, and More CM Risk Alerts

Imagine if someone could just snap your photo on the street and quickly find out who you are and where you live. Clearview AI's facial recognition app makes it possible. A class-action lawsuit ...

Appeals Court Rejects Facebook’s Attempt to Halt Facial Recognition Class Action Lawsuit

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc's effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their ...

Lawsuit Alleging Facebook Tagging Violates Biometric Privacy Moves Forward

Facebook Inc. users who say the social network's facial scanning flouts their privacy rights won the first round of a court fight. A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday rejected Facebook's ...