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

September 26, 2019 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometric information privacy act, biometrics, BIPA, face tagging, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, Law & order, lawsuit, Machine Learning, magisto, photo tagging, Privacy, vimeo

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:47:25 +0000

The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mzcU6d5eSbI” 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=””/>