FTC Seeks Comment on Facial Recognition
Following up on its “Face Facts” workshop that brought together a variety of stakeholders to discuss the privacy issues relating to commercial uses of facial recognition technology, the FTC has...
View ArticleFacial Recognition Opinion Targets Social Networks, Authentication Services...
The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) yesterday published an opinion on facial recognition in online and mobile services. The WP29 states this technology requires “specific attention” as it presents “a...
View ArticleBiometric Data Under the Privacy Microscope
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Immigration Policy Center last week released an interesting report on law enforcement’s increasing efforts to gather biometric data, and associated risks of...
View ArticleFTC Issues Guidance on Best Practices for Facial Recognition Technology
This week, the FTC released a staff report urging companies to adopt best practices for commercial uses of facial recognition technology. The report, entitled Facing Facts: Best Practices for Common...
View ArticleNTIA to Convene Multistakeholder Meetings On Facial Recognition Technology
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (“NTIA”) announced today that it will convene a series of meetings about the commercial uses of facial recognition technology. The goal...
View ArticleNTIA Multistakeholder Group Reaches Consensus on Best Practices for...
Last week, the multistakeholder group convened by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”) to create set of voluntary best practices for the commercial use of facial...
View ArticleICO opens beta phase of privacy “regulatory sandbox”
On March 29, 2019, the ICO opened the beta phase of the “regulatory sandbox” scheme (the “Sandbox”), which is a new service designed to support organizations that are developing innovative and...
View ArticleUK Court upholds police use of automated facial recognition technology
R (on the application of Edward Bridges) v The Chief Constable of South Wales [2019] EWHC 2341 (Admin) Case Note Introduction In Bridges, an application for judicial review, the UK High Court (Lord...
View ArticleAI/IoT Update: UK’s Information Commissioner Issues Opinion on Use of Live...
On October 31, 2019, Elizabeth Denham, the UK’s Information Commissioner issued an Opinion and an accompanying blog urging police forces to slow down adoption of live facial recognition technology and...
View ArticleFrench Supervisory Authority Releases Strict Guidance on the Use of Facial...
On October 9, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”) issued guidance on the use of facial recognition technology for identity checks at airports (available here, in French). The CNIL...
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