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 obtained ...

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 faceprints, ...

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 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 judges ...

The company's arbitration agreement excludes claims relating to invasion of privacy, a federal judge found. ...

Lawyers for Illinois residents are asking a federal judge to grant preliminary approval to Facebook's $550 million settlement of a biometric privacy lawsuit. ...

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 the ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 state ...

A class-action complaint has been brought against Google for allegedly violating privacy laws by collecting voiceprints, faceprints, and other personal information from children. ...

Facial recognition company Clearview AI recently notified its clients that the company's entire customer list had been stolen. ...

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 of ...

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. ...

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. ...

New York could ban the use of facial recognition technology by police under a proposed bill unveiled Monday by state Senator Brad Hoylman. ...

Clearview AI, a start-up that sells "faceprint" databases to police departments, has been sued for allegedly violating an Illinois biometric privacy law. ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place a ruling that allows Illinois residents to proceed with a lawsuit accusing Facebook of violating a state biometric privacy law by compiling ...

"Facial recognition is fraught with risks," Sundar Pichai said Monday at a conference in Brussels. ...

The story this year, for me, was about foundational technologies, 5G, Wifi 6, biometrics, AI and voice assistance -- and how smart combinations of existing technologies are pushing the envel ...

One of the big questions coming out of CES is which innovations will scale and have enough sustainable consumer interest. The next logical question is which consumers will adopt the ...

"The Alexa service works -- and performs the helpful, valuable, and entertaining functions that plaintiffs' access and enjoy every day -- because a recording is created that converts voice into ...

A recent ruling that allows Illinois residents to bring a class-action against Facebook over its facial recognition technology could result in a wave of new lawsuits against technology companies, TechFreedom ...

An Illinois resident has no right to proceed with a federal class-action lawsuit against Vimeo over allegations that the Magisto app violates the state's biometric privacy law by collecting "faceprints," ...

The influential Washington Legal Foundation is urging the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit accusing Facebook of violating an Illinois privacy law. ...

Facebook is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a class-action lawsuit brought by Illinois residents who say the platform's photo-tagging feature violates their biometric privacy rights. ...

WeWork was sued for allegedly violating an Illinois privacy law by compiling faceprint databases of workers who use the shared office space. ...

Parents should be allowed to proceed with claims Amazon violated children's privacy by collecting their voiceprints, a federal magistrate judge has recommended. ...

Facebook is asking a federal appellate court to put a biometric privacy lawsuit on hold until the Supreme Court decides whether to intervene. ...

Unless the Supreme Court steps in, Illinois Facebook users can now proceed with a class-action alleging that the company violated Illinois residents' rights by compiling a database of their facepri ...