Biometric privacy claim against Pindrop and Amazon dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
Amazon and Pindrop did not violate biometric privacy law in Illinois by capturing data for voice recognition from people when…
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Amazon and Microsoft move for dismissal of biometric privacy suit, arguing no jurisdiction for training data
Illinois’ biometric privacy law does not apply to conduct out of state and therefore suits against Amazon and Microsoft over…
StoneLock GM discusses privacy features in biometric property technology as market heats up
The market for face biometrics as part of “property technology” or “proptech” is heating up, with new solutions, deployments, and…
Biometrics at home – how smart will the smart home get?
Rapid advancements in chip designs along with algorithms for biometric voice and facial recognition are expanding the boundaries of what…
Facial biometrics training dataset leads to BIPA lawsuits against Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft
Despite being conceived of as a way to make biometric facial recognition more equitable, IBM’s Diversity in Faces is continuing…
AWS and Pindrop named in voice biometric data privacy lawsuit as cases test liability limits
Plaintiffs in a biometric data privacy suit say Amazon Web Services’ call center operations fall under the jurisdiction of state…
U.S. Congress member welcomes AWS’s facial recognition moratorium, demands further explanations
U.S. Member of Congress Jimmy Gomez has written a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos applauding the decision to implement…
Some surprising questions, fewer insights after Deepfake Detection Challenge
Few if any unique or actionable insights have resulted from a lengthy contest created by Facebook to defang deepfake content,…
Amazon pauses sale of facial biometrics to police while advocates push Microsoft and Ring to follow
Amazon has put a one-year moratorium on direct sales of its biometric facial recognition service to law enforcement to allow for…
Facial biometrics study suggests Amazon performance unchanged as Microsoft launches antibias tool
Comparitech has released a report on biometric bias in Amazon’s facial recognition offering, similar to previous reports from the ACLU comparing…
