Attorneys, digital rights advocates want facial recognition process open to discovery in court
Two digital rights groups and a defendants’ rights association are arguing in a New Jersey court that evidence discovery in…
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A sketchy assessment of US border facial recognition systems
This week, and not for the first time, privacy advocates tried to convince the U.S. government that it should not…
Advocates seek higher biometric data privacy damages as settlement millions add up
The scope and impact of biometric data privacy lawsuits is coming into sharper focus, as a court considers whether claims…
Due process questions dominate proposed biometrics law and state supreme court cases
Privacy advocates are focusing on proposed state-wide biometrics restrictions in Massachusetts and a Michigan Supreme Court case specifically dealing with…
Postal Service moves to dismiss biometric data privacy suit
The U.S. Postal Service has filed a motion to have a lawsuit alleging it failed to meet its legal obligations…
Neither AI inaccuracy nor FOIA requests nor human rights stays USPS surveillance
For some privacy advocates in the United States, news that the U.S. Postal Service is accused of using facial recognition…
DHS must table self-serving biometrics report — EPIC
A First Amendment advocacy group has strongly criticized a new Homeland Security report for ignoring the price Americans might pay…
Pace of EU live biometric surveillance regulation prompts Reclaim Your Face movement
Dozens of allied European civil society groups, incredulous that few of the continent’s governments have, in their eyes, been able…
EPIC files lawsuit to force release of ICE facial recognition documents
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on…
AI Now calls for ban on affect recognition as market expected to surge to $90B by 2024
Science does not justify the use of biometric “affect recognition,” and the technology should be banned, according to researchers at…
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