- Virginia Governor Signs Privacy Bill Backed By Tech Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday signed into law a privacy bill giving consumers the right to opt out of the use of non-sensitive data for targeted advertising. ...
- TikTok Agrees To $92 Million Privacy Settlement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 26, 2021
TikTok agreed to pay $92 million to settle claims that it violated a wide range of data-protection laws, including a federal video privacy law and an Illinois law regarding biometr ...
- Judge Approves Facebook's $650 Million Faceprint Deal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, February 28, 2021
A federal judge has granted final approval to a class-action settlement requiring Facebook to pay $650 million for allegedly violating an Illinois biometric privacy law by compiling a database ...
- Oklahoma Lawmakers Advance Opt-In Privacy Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 11, 2021
Oklahoma lawmakers have advanced a broad privacy bill that would require companies to obtain consumers' explicit consent before using their data for a variety of purposes, including ad targeting. ...
- Virginia Online Privacy Law Nears Passage
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 8, 2021
Virginia is poised to pass a privacy law that's partially modeled on the one in California, though considered weaker by some privacy advocates. ...
- Washington State Lawmaker Unveils Privacy Bill Requiring Opt-In Consent For Targeting
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The People's Privacy Act, introduced by Washington state Rep. Shelley Kloba and backed by the ACLU, is being touted as a more stringent bill than the measure introduced last mon ...
- Privacy Bill Moves Forward In Washington State
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 22, 2021
Lawmakers in Washington state have advanced a privacy bill that would require companies to obtain people's opt-in consent before drawing on "sensitive" data for ad targeting. ...
- Judge Sides Against Apple In 'Faceprint' Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Illinois consumers can proceed with a lawsuit alleging that Apple's Photos app violates an Illinois biometric privacy law ...
- Watchdogs Blast GOP Privacy Proposal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 22, 2020
"The bill lacks adequate corporate obligations to prevent the invasive tracking of internet users and lacks provisions that give users meaningful control over their personal data and how that da ...
- Amazon And Microsoft Urge Judges To Throw Out Faceprint Lawsuits
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Amazon and Microsoft are asking federal judges in Washington to dismiss lawsuits accusing the companies of violating an Illinois biometric privacy law by acquiring a database of faceprints. ...
- Portland Bans Facial-Recognition Technology
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 10, 2020
Come January, private companies in Portland, Oregon will no longer be allowed to use facial-recognition technology in stores, parks, and other places of public accommodation, under an ordinance passed unanimous ...
- Facebook's $650 Million 'Faceprint' Settlement Moves Forward
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 20, 2020
"The $650 million that will be awarded to the Illinois class is an impressive result both as an absolute number and relative to other class action settlements in privacy cases ...
- Facial-Recognition Company Says Injunction Would Violate First Amendment
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Facial recognition company Clearview AI is telling a federal judge that an injunction requiring the business to stop collecting and selling biometric data about Illinois residents would violate free spee ...
- Brainworks Releases COVID-19 Online Screening Using Ambient Biometrics, Advertising To Come
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Brainworks today will launch an AI-powered application accessible from desktop and mobile devices that allows people to manage their personal health data and track COVID-19 specific symptoms. The application, Med ...
- Facebook Nears $650 Million Settlement Over Biometric Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 23, 2020
The judge overseeing a privacy lawsuit against Facebook over its alleged use of facial recognition technology signaled Thursday he's inclined to approve a settlement. ...
- Google, Amazon, Microsoft And FaceFirst Hit With New Biometric Privacy Lawsuits
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and FaceFirst were sued this week for allegedly violating an Illinois biometric privacy law by acquiring a database of faceprints. The complaints allege that tech companies obtain ...
- New Bill Would Prohibit Government From Using Facial-Recognition Technology
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 25, 2020
Four federal lawmakers have unveiled a bill that would prohibit federal law enforcement agencies and other government entities from using technology that identifies people based on biometrics -- including faceprint ...
- Vimeo Wants Appellate Court To Compel Arbitration In Biometric Privacy Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 19, 2020
Vimeo is appealing a trial judge's refusal to compel arbitration of claims it violated an Illinois law restricting the use of facial-recognition technology. ...
- Google Fights Privacy Suit Over Facial-Recognition Technology
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Google plans to fight a potential class-action lawsuit over faceprints by arguing that the Illinois biometric privacy law doesn't apply to data derived from photos -- even though other judg ...
- Judge Won't Send Biometric Privacy Case Against Vimeo To Arbitration
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The company's arbitration agreement excludes claims relating to invasion of privacy, a federal judge found. ...
- Facebook Users In Illinois Could Receive $300 In 'Faceprint' Settlement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 11, 2020
Lawyers for Illinois residents are asking a federal judge to grant preliminary approval to Facebook's $550 million settlement of a biometric privacy lawsuit. ...
- Clearview Won't Use Facial Recognition Technology On Photos Connected To Illinois
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 8, 2020
Controversial company Clearview AI says it no longer uses facial-recognition technology on photos that appear to be associated with Illinois, and is prohibiting clients from searching photos associated with t ...
- TikTok Sued Over Biometric Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 4, 2020
Two minors in Illinois have sued social media platform TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, for allegedly violating that state's privacy law by collecting users' faceprints. ...
- Judge Refuses To Send Alexa Privacy Battle To Arbitration
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 10, 2020
Siding against Amazon, a federal judge has rejected the company's request to order arbitration of a privacy dispute centered on Alexa's alleged collection of children's voiceprints. ...
- Lawsuit Seeks Injunction Requiring Clearview To Destroy Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 8, 2020
An Illinois resident who sued Clearview AI in January is now asking a federal judge to issue a pre-trial order requiring the facial recognition company to destroy data about sta ...
- Google Sued For Allegedly Collecting Students' Biometric Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 3, 2020
A class-action complaint has been brought against Google for allegedly violating privacy laws by collecting voiceprints, faceprints, and other personal information from children. ...
- Clearview Data Breach Prompts Renewed Calls To Curb Facial Recognition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Facial recognition company Clearview AI recently notified its clients that the company's entire customer list had been stolen. ...
- Google Hit With New Lawsuit Over Faceprints
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 7, 2020
One week after Facebook agreed to pay $550 million for allegedly violating an Illinois biometric privacy law, Google was hit with a new lawsuit accusing it of running afoul ...
- Clearview AI Slammed With New Lawsuit Over 'Faceprint' Sales
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Clearview violates a state law that gives people the right to control the commercial use of their names and images, a Virginia resident alleges in a complaint filed Monday. ...
- You Look Very Familiar....
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, January 30, 2020
By the thousands, folks are uploading their most provocative pictures to dating apps -- but somehow don't expect them to turn up elsewhere on the internet. ...