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Breach of Clearview AI Source Code Renews Concerns About Law Enforcement Facial Recognition Programs

April 29, 2020

A breach at Clearview AI not only exposed its facial recognition source code but also confidential keys and credentials that would grant a disturbing level of access to the company's internal network.

Crowd of people walking on the streets of Moscow showing courts' decision on video surveillance with facial recognition

Data Privacy News

Moscow’s 105,000 Facial Recognition Cameras Here to Stay as Country’s Court System Entrenches Video Surveillance

March 19, 2020

Ruling by Moscow courts that video surveillance with facial recognition does not violate citizen privacy would appear to be the definitive statement that Moscow will now be the largest city outside of China to track people in nearly every inch of public space.

Face recognition technology in use in city with crowd showing Clearview AI data breach

Cyber Security News

Clearview AI Data Breach Exposes Facial Recognition Firm’s Client List

March 11, 2020

Facial recognition firm Clearview AI has become the victim of a data breach after a hacker “gained unauthorized access” to the company’s entire client list, exposing for the first time the details of the organizations which work with the controversial firm.

European Commission in Brussels showing release of new digital strategy documents

Data Privacy News

It’s Feast or Famine With the EU’s New Trio of Digital Strategy Docs

March 2, 2020

On 19 February the European Commission presented three papers setting out no less than the digital future of the EU. So what are they exactly and why are they not laws?

Facial recognition technology applied to people walking on street showing the enhanced facial recognition technology protections in the new proposed Washington Privacy Act

Data Protection News

With Enhanced Facial Recognition Technology Protections, the New Washington Privacy Act Would Be the Strongest U.S. Privacy Bill

February 27, 2020

New proposed Washington Privacy Act will have provisions on facial recognition technology that require explicit opt-in consent for companies to collect and use biometric data.

Facial recognition surveillance technology applied on people walking showing the letter drafted to suspend use of facial recognition surveillance technology by federal agencies

Data Privacy News

Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology Should Be Suspended in the U.S. Says Coalition of 40 Privacy and Free Speech Groups

February 17, 2020

Serious questions over facial recognition technology has motivated 40 groups headed by EPIC to draft a letter to the PCLOB recommending that federal agencies suspend the use of facial recognition surveillance systems.

Photos of children and adults showing the concerns raised over the new facial recognition tool for law enforcement

Data Privacy News

New Facial Recognition Tool for Law Enforcement Raises Alarm

February 4, 2020

Mounting controversy over law enforcement agencies’ use of new facial recognition tool developed by Clearview AI, which allegedly scraped more than 3 billion photographs of people from Internet.

Facial recognition technology applied on a woman’s face showing the temporary facial recognition ban under consideration by EU

Data Privacy News

EU Ponders Temporary Facial Recognition Ban

February 4, 2020

European Commission is deliberating whether to adopt a three to five-year facial recognition ban that will give them some time to figure out how best to regulate the new technology.

Facial recognition technology running on people in city showing the NIST face recognition study which found that algorithms vary greatly between software vendors

Data Privacy News

NIST Face Recognition Study Finds That Algorithms Vary Greatly, Biases Tend to Be Regional

December 27, 2019

NIST face recognition study found that law enforcement systems have trouble accurately identifying faces of Native American, African American, women and people at extreme ends of the age spectrum.

View of the crowded street market in India showing privacy and surveillance concerns of facial recognition system

Data Privacy News

India’s Plan to Build World’s Largest Facial Recognition System Raises Privacy and Surveillance Concerns

November 15, 2019

Within a year, India could have the world’s largest facial recognition system in place. But there is a very real risk that such a system could transform India into the world’s largest surveillance state.

Facial Recognition

Breach of Clearview AI Source Code Renews Concerns About Law Enforcement Facial Recognition Programs

Moscow’s 105,000 Facial Recognition Cameras Here to Stay as Country’s Court System Entrenches Video Surveillance

Clearview AI Data Breach Exposes Facial Recognition Firm’s Client List

It’s Feast or Famine With the EU’s New Trio of Digital Strategy Docs

With Enhanced Facial Recognition Technology Protections, the New Washington Privacy Act Would Be the Strongest U.S. Privacy Bill

Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology Should Be Suspended in the U.S. Says Coalition of 40 Privacy and Free Speech Groups

New Facial Recognition Tool for Law Enforcement Raises Alarm

EU Ponders Temporary Facial Recognition Ban

NIST Face Recognition Study Finds That Algorithms Vary Greatly, Biases Tend to Be Regional

India’s Plan to Build World’s Largest Facial Recognition System Raises Privacy and Surveillance Concerns

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