Clearview AI won’t sell vast faceprint collection to private companies

… nor to anybody, even law enforcement, in the place where privacy-oblivious biometrics companies are forced to their knees: Illinois. Continue reading Clearview AI won’t sell vast faceprint collection to private companies

Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics

The suit is about biometrics and children’s privacy in Google’s education apps, which are suddenly, wildly popular now due to COVID-19. Continue reading Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics

Huge flaw found in how facial features are measured from images

It has to do with optics: faces appear to flatten out as we get further away. Our brains compensate, but AI-run facial recognition doesn’t. Continue reading Huge flaw found in how facial features are measured from images

Clearview AI loses entire database of faceprint-buying clients to hackers

Time to worry about how well the facial recognition startup protects its 3b+ database of faceprints scraped from our social media accounts? Continue reading Clearview AI loses entire database of faceprint-buying clients to hackers

Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does. Continue reading Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

Facebook to pay $550m to settle face-tagging suit

A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it’s finally done churning through the courts. Continue reading Facebook to pay $550m to settle face-tagging suit

Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints

A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs. Continue reading Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints

Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so

The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling. Continue reading Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so

Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead

The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection. Continue reading Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead