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Recognizable Faces Disappear from Facial Recognition Meetings

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Data Compliance & Security, Privacy Regulation

    Facing “industry stakeholders [that] were unable to agree on any concrete scenario” in which affirmative consent should be obtained from individuals before employing facial recognition technologies, nine consumer advocacy organizations made an about-face and withdrew from the multistakeholder process coordinated by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”). These organizations, which include the… Continue Reading

Federal Trade Commission Turns an Eye to Facial Recognition

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Privacy Regulation

Written by Amy Malone This week the Federal Trade Commission released a best practices guide that outlines how companies using facial recognition can protect consumer privacy.  The Commission continued to push the “privacy by design” model that it first promoted in its March 2012 report, “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change.” The… Continue Reading