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GUEST ESSAY: The privacy implications of facial recognition systems rising to the fore

The Last Watchdog

Tech advances are accelerating the use of facial recognition as a reliable and ubiquitous mass surveillance tool, privacy advocates warn. A string of advances in biometric authentication systems has brought facial recognition systems, in particular, to the brink of wide commercial use. billion by 2022.

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Best Facial Recognition Software for Enterprises In 2022

eSecurity Planet

Facial recognition software (FRS) is a biometric tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to scan human facial features to produce a code. The technology isn’t yet perfect, but it has evolved to a point that enterprise use is growing. Benefits and Uses of Facial Recognition.

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Facebook to End Use of Its Facial Recognition System

Hunton Privacy

announced in a blog post that it will shut down its “ Face Recognition” system in coming weeks as part of a company-wide move to limit the use of facial recognition in its products. Users also will no longer see suggested tags or be able to turn on suggested tagging.

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Facebook is going to shut down Face Recognition system and data it collected

Security Affairs

Facebook announced to shut down its Face Recognition system and is going to delete over 1 billion people’s facial recognition profiles. Facebook announced it will stop using the Face Recognition system on its platform and will delete over 1 billion people’s facial recognition profiles.

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Facebook pays $550m settlement for breaking Illinois data protection law

The Guardian Data Protection

Tag Suggest feature broke rules by storing facial recognition imagery without permission from users Facebook has settled a lawsuit over facial recognition technology, agreeing to pay $550m (£419m) over accusations it had broken an Illinois state law regulating the use of biometric details.

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California proposes rules for automated decision-making

Data Protection Report

On November 27, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) released a first draft of rules for automated decision-making technologies under California’s privacy law. The proposed rules revolve around providing notice of the technology’s use, opting out, and consumer access to business information.

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Maciej Ceg?owski on Privacy in the Information Age

Schneier on Security

owski has a really good essay explaining how to think about privacy today: For the purposes of this essay, I'll call it "ambient privacy" -- the understanding that there is value in having our everyday interactions with one another remain outside the reach of monitoring, and that the small details of our daily lives should pass by unremembered.

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