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Facebook sued for siphoning facial recognition data without consent

February 21, 2022 0 Comments cubi, dtpa, face recognition, facebook, facial recognition, jerome presenti, ken paxton, meta, Privacy, state of texas, texas capture or use of biometric identifier act, texas deceptive trade practices consumer protection act, yann lecun

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:12:18 +0000

The suit alleges that Facebook’s now-defunct photo-tagging feature illegally collected data about Texans, including non-Facebook users.

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

January 31, 2020 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, face recognition, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Law & order, lawsuit, photo tagging, photos, Privacy, Social networks, tag suggestions, tagging

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:14:22 +0000

A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it’s finally done churning through the courts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-vpu7yQz3I0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook expands use of face recognition

September 6, 2019 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, face recognition, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Law & order, lawsuit, photo tagging, photos, Privacy, Social networks, tag suggestions, tagging

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:38:46 +0000

Facebook’s replaced “tag suggestions” with “face recognition” – a setting Facebook says may help to save us from identity thieves.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E2d_NAvFEnQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>