On June 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued its facial recognition best practices, which were developed by a multi-stakeholder group convened by NTIA. The best practices document, titled “Privacy Best Practice Recommendations for Commercial Facial Recognition Use,” is intended to be a code of conduct
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First meeting of drone privacy stakeholders; will it result in any privacy guidelines?
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Drone Privacy, Drones
In a previous post, we discussed the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposed drone regulations, and now, on August 3, 2015, the first drone privacy stakeholder meeting ensued in Washington, D.C., led by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). NTIA director, John Verdi, told media that the goal of this first meeting was to…
Privacy rights group speaks out against FAA’s proposed framework on commercial use of drones
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
On March 31, 2015, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a petition against the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposed rule on commercial drone use, in the D.C. Circuit. EPIC believes that the FAA did not create privacy safeguards in its proposed rule as mandated by Congress. EPIC explains in its petition that Congress…