The issue of bias in artificial intelligence is assuming increased urgency in courtrooms around the country. Organizations that use AI to scan resumes can be sued for employment discrimination. Companies using facial recognition on their property might face premises liability. And numerous government agencies have announced their focus on companies that use AI in ways
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Colorado Law Restricts Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Government Agencies
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Privacy
Ramping up its continued focus on data privacy, on June 8, 2022, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law legislation aimed to limit the use of facial recognition technology by government agencies and state institutions of higher education.
The legislation, SB 113, requires an agency – defined as “an agency of the state government…
Privacy Tip #331 – ACLU Settles Facial Recognition Suit with Clearview AI
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against Clearview AI, Inc. (Clearview AI) in March 2020, alleging that it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by capturing and using billions of individuals’ faceprints without consent. The ACLU filed suit “on behalf of groups representing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, undocumented…
Privacy Tip #306 – Quick Read on Data Privacy Issues in 2020
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
I’m on vacation this week, and while most people read novels while on vacation, I catch up on data privacy articles and publications that I have set aside and haven’t had a chance to read. I just finished one that I thought was a quick and good summary of current data privacy issues entitled 5…
Virginia Law Bans Local Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
Posted in Data Privacy
The state of Virginia recently enacted a law banning local law enforcement and campus police departments from using facial recognition technology. Facial recognition technology is defined as an “electronic system for enrolling, capturing, extracting, comparing, and matching an individual’s geometric facial data to identify individuals in photos, videos, or real time.” The law states that…
Privacy Tip #272 – To Get Up to Speed on Facial Recognition Technology Read This
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
It’s called This is how we lost control of our faces in the February 5, 2021 edition of MIT Technology Review, written by Karen Hao.
The article outlines a study recently published by Deborah Raji and Genevieve Fried titled About Face: A Survey of Facial Recognition Evaluation, which includes a survey of over…
Portland City Council Bans Use of Facial Recognition Technology
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in New + Now
On September 9, 2020, the Portland, Oregon City Council voted unanimously to ban the use of facial recognition technology by the city government, including the police department, following similar actions by the cities of Boston and San Francisco. According to one Council member, “[T]his technology just continues to exacerbate the over-criminalization of Black and brown…
Facebook Can’t Shake Illinois Biometric Proposed Class Action Case
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
We have previously reported on Facebook’s fight against a proposed class action case alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Facebook continues to fight the allegation that its collection and storage of users’ and non-users’ facial scans through the use of facial recognition technology violates BIPA, and has filed a Motion to…
Do You Have “Security Fatigue”?
By Joanne Rapuano on
Posted in Data Privacy
Every day it seems a new data security breach has occurred, a new “cyber hack” is in the news…making us run to our phones, computers, bank accounts, you name it, to see if we could be the “one” affected. As a result, more and more online transactions, websites, financial institutions, for work or personal, require longer and more complicated login user names and passwords. I can barely remember my name as it is….let alone the now at least 25 unique user names and passwords I have to keep in a notebook. I have security fatigue!
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Uber Announces Use of Facial Recognition Technology for Passenger Safety
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
In an attempt to reduce fraud and boost passenger safety, Uber is implementing facial recognition technology beginning on September 30. Before starting a driving session, Uber drivers will now be asked to take a photo of themselves “periodically” so that Uber can match that photo against the photo Uber has on file. The driver’s account…