- Amazon And Microsoft Must Face Claims Over Biometric Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 18, 2021
Illinois residents may proceed with a lawsuit alleging that Amazon and Microsoft violated a state biometric privacy law by amassing a database of fingerprints, a federal judge has ruled. ...
- 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 ...
- Bad Isn't Always Bad: Negative Emotions, Even In Super Bowl Ads, Have Varying Influences
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 8, 2021
A study of reactions to a video ad found that while sadness decreased sharing, other emotions like disgust slightly increased it. Emotion-provoking ads can create performance, though not in t ...
- Everalbum Will Delete Facial Recognition Data To Settle FTC Complaint
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 11, 2021
Facial-recognition company Everalbum will delete a trove of data gleaned from its photo storage app, Ever, in order to settle allegations it misled users about its use of controversial technolo ...
- Google Battles Illinois Residents Over 'Faceprint' Database
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 27, 2020
Google is pressing a federal judge to dismiss claims that the company violated an Illinois privacy law by acquiring a faceprint database from IBM, which itself reportedly obtained 100 milli ...
- YouTube Aims To Crack Down On Facial Recognition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 19, 2020
Google's YouTube has changed its terms of service to make clear that it doesn't want images on the platform to end up in facial-recognition databases. ...
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- Vermont Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against Clearview Over Facial Recognition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 14, 2020
A new court ruling allows Vermont's attorney general to proceed with claims that Clearview engaged in an "unfair" practice by allegedly using facial-recognition technology on photos of Vermont
residents. ...
- 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 ...
- New Bill Would Restrict Companies From Collecting Or Selling Faceprints
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Companies would no longer be able to collect faceprints, retinal scans or other biometric data, unless the companies had both a valid business purpose and individuals' written consent, under ...
- 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. ...
- 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. ...
- Clearview Questioned Over COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 1, 2020
"Technology has an important role to play in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic, but this health crisis cannot justify using unreliable surveillance tools that could undermine our privacy rights," Senator ...
- Privacy Group Urges Supreme Court To Intervene In LinkedIn Scraping Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 14, 2020
LinkedIn should be allowed to block outside companies like hiQ analytics from scraping users' data, the advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center argues in a new filing with the U. ...
- 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 ...
- Vermont Sues 'Immoral' Clearview Over Facial Recognition Database
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
"The state urges that the people of Vermont immediately be set free from Clearview's dystopian surveillance database," Attorney Gen. Thomas Donovan writes in a new lawsuit against the company. ...
- Sen. Markey Blasts Clearview, Renews Demand For Information
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
"I am concerned that Clearview might be collecting and processing images of children in violation of federal law," Sen. Ed Markey says in a new letter to Clearview CEO Ho ...
- Baidu Develops Fever-Screening System, Sees Coronavirus Search Queries Skyrocket
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 28, 2020
Baidu developers have leveraged its facial recognition and other AI technology to create a way to remotely screen human body temperature. The fever-screening system, which is being used for railw ...
- 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. ...
- Lawmakers Float New Restrictions On Facial Recognition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 14, 2020
Two Senate Democrats proposed a bill that would temporarily block the federal government from using facial recognition technology. ...