Facebook defends its right to use your photos amid privacy concerns
8 years, 5 months ago

Facebook defends its right to use your photos amid privacy concerns

Live Mint  

San Francisco: Facebook Inc.’s software knows your face almost as well as your mother does. Courts have struggled over what qualifies as an injury to pursue a privacy case in lawsuits accusing Facebook and Google of siphoning users’ personal information from e-mails and monitoring their web browsing habits. This year, the US Supreme Court set a “concrete injury” standard for privacy suits, a ruling that both sides are using to argue their case ahead of a hearing Thursday in San Francisco over Facebook’s bid to dismiss the biometrics case. “Everybody is scrambling for advantage.” Facebook v. Privacy Law ■ December 2005 — Facebook introduces photo tagging ■ October 2008 — Illinois adopts Biometric Information Privacy Act ■ June 2012 — Facebook acquires Israeli facial recognition developer Face.com ■ September 2012 — Facebook ceases facial recognition in Europe ■ 2015-2016 — Facebook, Google, Shutterfly and Snapchat sued under Illinois biometrics law. ■ May 2016 — Illinois lawmaker proposes excluding photos from biometrics law, then shelves bill after privacy advocates complain ■ October 2016 — Facebook makes second attempt to get biometrics lawsuit thrown out

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Apple wins U.S. biometric case over customer Touch ID and Face ID
2 years, 2 months ago

Apple wins U.S. biometric case over customer Touch ID and Face ID

The Hindu  

iPhone maker Apple has won a case regarding its use of the Touch ID and Face ID features which let customers unlock their iPhones using their biometric data, according to Bloomberg Law and tech outlet Biometric Update. Late in 2022, the Illinois First District Appellate Court decided that Apple did not violate the state’s biometrics law, the Illinois Biometrics Information …

Op-Ed: Tired of memorizing so many passwords? Too bad: The alternatives aren’t better yet
2 years, 10 months ago

Op-Ed: Tired of memorizing so many passwords? Too bad: The alternatives aren’t better yet

LA Times  

Delta Air Lines allows passengers to use facial recognition cameras to confirm their identity at an LAX boarding gate in 2019. Signing in via face or fingerprint recognition saves us from memorizing yet another password, and can reduce the risks of hacking and phishing — when online attackers trick users into handing over their passwords. Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometrics program …

Here's Why Clearview AI Agreed to Restrict Use Of Facial Images By Companies
2 years, 10 months ago

Here's Why Clearview AI Agreed to Restrict Use Of Facial Images By Companies

News 18  

– The facial recognition startup Clearview AI agreed to restrictions on how businesses can use its database of billions of facial images, to resolve a lawsuit it accusing it of collecting people's photos without permission. Clearview AI, based in New York, can still work with federal government agencies, including immigration authorities, as well as state government agencies outside Illinois. They …

Why has the State of Texas sued Meta?
3 years, 1 month ago

Why has the State of Texas sued Meta?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The U.S. State of Texas has sued Meta for using biometric data of users for commercial purposes without their informed consent. The document alleges that Facebook captured biometric information of the residents of Texas from their photos and videos uploaded on the website for over ten years and disclosed it to third-party applications for commercial benefits. …

Meta sued for unlawful use of biometric data without user consent
3 years, 1 month ago

Meta sued for unlawful use of biometric data without user consent

The Hindu  

The U.S. state of Texas has sued Meta, formerly Facebook, for using biometric data of several users without their consent to build the company’s AI feature. The company is violating Texas’ Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act by repeatedly doing this, the lawsuit noted. “This is yet another example of Big Tech’s deceitful …

Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class action lawsuit over the company's use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online even after they logged off the Facebook platform. “Reaching a settlement in this case, which is more than a decade old, is in the best interest of our community and our shareholders and we're …

Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit

Associated Press  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class action lawsuit over the company’s use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online even after they logged off the Facebook platform. “Reaching a settlement in this case, which is more than a decade old, is in the best interest of our community and our shareholders and we’re …

Texas sues Meta over Facebook’s facial-recognition practices
3 years, 1 month ago

Texas sues Meta over Facebook’s facial-recognition practices

Live Mint  

The Texas attorney general filed a suit against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday, charging that the social-media giant’s longstanding and now discontinued use of facial-recognition technology violated that state’s privacy protections for personal biometric data. In a statement, Mr. Paxton said the company’s capture of facial geometry in photographs that users uploaded from 2010 to late last year …

Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data
3 years, 1 month ago

Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data

NPR  

Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data Enlarge this image toggle caption Tony Gutierrez/AP Tony Gutierrez/AP Texas sued Facebook parent company Meta for exploiting the biometric data of millions of people in the state — including those who used the platform and those who did not. The suit involves Facebook's "tag suggestions" feature, which the company ended last …

Texas AG sues Facebook parent Meta over facial recognition
3 years, 1 month ago

Texas AG sues Facebook parent Meta over facial recognition

Associated Press  

The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Monday a state district court claiming Meta has been “storing millions of biometric identifiers” — identified as retina or iris scans, voice prints, or a record of …

Texas sues Meta over Facebook’s facial recognition practices
3 years, 1 month ago

Texas sues Meta over Facebook’s facial recognition practices

Al Jazeera  

The Texas attorney general is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the United States company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Monday in state district court, claiming Meta has been “storing millions of biometric identifiers” — identified as retina or iris scans, voiceprints, or a record …

The panoptic nature of biometric technology
3 years, 4 months ago

The panoptic nature of biometric technology

The Hindu  

Facial recognition technology has been deployed by social media platforms to tag a person in a photo or video, and by law enforcement agencies to nab criminals. Facebook isn’t the first company to be accused of using biometric technology inappropriately, and it won’t be the last as several large tech firms build and sell FRT tools to government agencies. A …

Facebook pulls the plug on its facial recognition system, to delete faceprints of over a billion users
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook pulls the plug on its facial recognition system, to delete faceprints of over a billion users

Firstpost  

More than a third of Facebook’s daily users had opted in to using the facial recognition system; concerns over privacy cited as the main reason for the shutdown. Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting a billion faceprints, its parent company said Tuesday, in response to serious concerns over privacy. It was not clear when the changes …

Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others. “This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology’s history,” Jerome Pesenti, vice president of artificial intelligence …

Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

The Hindu  

Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people. “This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology’s history,” said a blog post Tuesday from Jerome Pesenti, vice president of artificial intelligence for Facebook’s new parent company, Meta. “Its removal will result in …

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software

CNN  

CNN Business — Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically recognize people in photos and videos posted on the social network, marking a massive shift both for the tech industry and for a company known for collecting vast amounts of data about its billions of users. Pesenti wrote that the world’s largest social network …

Facial recognition company sued by California activists
4 years ago

Facial recognition company sued by California activists

Associated Press  

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Civil liberties activists are suing a company that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies and private companies around the world, contending that Clearview AI illegally stockpiled data on 3 billion people without their knowledge or permission. The lawsuit says the company has built “the most dangerous” facial recognition database in the nation, has fielded requests …

Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement
4 years, 1 month ago

Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users. “It will put at least $345 into the hands of every class member interested in being compensated,” he wrote, calling it “a major win for consumers …

Facebook Faces New Lawsuit For Using Instagram To Allegedly Store Biometric Data Without Consent
4 years, 7 months ago

Facebook Faces New Lawsuit For Using Instagram To Allegedly Store Biometric Data Without Consent

News 18  

Facebook and use data privacy really don’t seem to go hand in hand. In a new lawsuit filed in a state court in Redwood City, California, it is alleged that Facebook stored biometric data, such as from photo tags on the social network, without consent from as many as 100 million Instagram users. Instagram doesn’t use face recognition technology,” said …

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Privacy Shield is invalid
4 years, 8 months ago

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Privacy Shield is invalid

Wired  

Getty Images / WIRED Facebook and thousands of other companies that move personal data across the Atlantic face a major headache after the EU’s top court ruled that a key data-sharing mechanism was invalid. The European Court of Justice said that the EU-US Privacy Shield failed to protect privacy and data protection rules. The ruling handed down by the highest …

Who owns the right to your face? (Opinion)
5 years, 1 month ago

Who owns the right to your face? (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kara Alaimo, an associate professor of public relations at Hofstra University, is the author of “Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication.” She was spokeswoman for international affairs in the Treasury Department during the Obama administration. The possibility was revealed in a recent investigation by the New York Times …

Facebook slapped with a lawsuit for broken federal privacy law by a Canadian agency
5 years, 1 month ago

Facebook slapped with a lawsuit for broken federal privacy law by a Canadian agency

Firstpost  

The announcement from the OPC on the lawsuit warned that the legal proceedings ‘may be lengthy’. Canada’s privacy commissioner asked a federal court to declare that Facebook had broken federal privacy law for the private sector, according to a notice of application filed on Thursday. The application also asked for an order requiring Facebook to “implement effective, specific and easily …

Facebook's facial recognition lawsuit settlement stirs conversation about 'biometric privacy'
5 years, 1 month ago

Facebook's facial recognition lawsuit settlement stirs conversation about 'biometric privacy'

Firstpost  

Facebook agreed to pay $550 million to settle a case alleging it illegally collected biometric information for ‘face tagging’. Facebook’s massive settlement in a class-action case over violating a state law on how it uses facial recognition is being hailed as a watershed moment for “biometric privacy.” The leading social network said Wednesday it agreed to the $550 million payout …

FBI sued for improperly withholding info on how facial data of millions of Americans is used
5 years, 4 months ago

FBI sued for improperly withholding info on how facial data of millions of Americans is used

Firstpost  

Activists believe the FBI is currently collecting biometric data of at least 640 million adults in the United States. A civil liberties watchdog Thursday sued the FBI and other federal agencies claiming the government is improperly withholding information on how it uses a facial recognition database of millions of Americans. “Because of the FBI’s secrecy, little is known about how …

Facebook to face $35 billion class-action lawsuit over misuse of facial recognition data
5 years, 5 months ago

Facebook to face $35 billion class-action lawsuit over misuse of facial recognition data

Firstpost  

The lawsuit began in 2015 when Illinois users accused Facebook of violating that state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act in collecting biometric data. For allegedly misusing users’ facial recognition data in Illinois, the US court has reportedly said that Facebook will have to face a class-action suit, which could cost it up to $35 billion. Facebook allegedly accomplished the said misuse …

Facebook privacy lawsuit to proceed, court calls its views on privacy 'so wrong'
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook privacy lawsuit to proceed, court calls its views on privacy 'so wrong'

Firstpost  

Facebook argued that users suffered no “tangible” harm during the scandal. A federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook Inc to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties such as Cambridge Analytica access users’ private data, calling the social media company’s views on privacy “so wrong.” While dismissing some claims, US District Judge Vince Chhabria in …

Facebook says its facial recognition tech will now be an opt-in feature
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook says its facial recognition tech will now be an opt-in feature

Firstpost  

Facebook announced that its facial recognition technology will no longer identify new users in their photo by default. “Starting today, people who newly join Facebook or who previously had the tag suggestions setting will have the face recognition setting and will receive information about how it works. The tag suggestions setting, which only controls whether we can suggest that your …

Facebook brings face recognition to all users, discontinues 'Tag Suggestions'
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook brings face recognition to all users, discontinues 'Tag Suggestions'

Firstpost  

- Facebook Inc said on Tuesday its face recognition technology will now be available to all users with an option to opt out, while deciding to discontinue a related feature called ‘Tag Suggestions’. Face recognition, which was available to some Facebook users since December 2017, notifies an account holder if their profile photo is used by someone else or if …

Facebook brings face recognition to all users, discontinues 'Tag Suggestions'
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook brings face recognition to all users, discontinues 'Tag Suggestions'

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Facebook Inc said on Tuesday its face recognition technology will now be available to all users with an option to opt out, while deciding to discontinue a related feature called 'Tag Suggestions'. Tag Suggestions, which used face recognition only to suggest a user to tag friends in photos, has been at the center of a privacy related lawsuit since …

CNN Business
5 years, 6 months ago

CNN Business

CNN  

San Francisco CNN — Facebook is now offering facial-recognition features to all of its users, but says it will keep the capabilities turned off by default. The company previously began offering some users a settingin late 2017 that allowed them to decide broadly whether or not facial recognition was used in their Facebook experience. Facebook Facebook relies on facial recognition …

Facebook may face lawsuit over alleged illegal user data collection
5 years, 7 months ago

Facebook may face lawsuit over alleged illegal user data collection

India TV News  

A US court here has ruled that Facebook users from Illinois state can go ahead with a class-action lawsuit against social media giant Facebook over the alleged illegal collection of user data without their consent. Also, read: Oppo launches interactive AI-powered Chatbot Ollie on WhatsApp in India US non-profit group, the American Civil Liberties Union, quoted a court document as …

Facebook loses facial recognition technology appeal, must face class action
5 years, 7 months ago

Facebook loses facial recognition technology appeal, must face class action

Firstpost  

By Jonathan Stempel - A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc’s effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco exposes Facebook to billions of dollars in potential damages to the Illinois users who brought the case …

Facebook’s Face-ID Database Could Be the Biggest in the World. Yes, It Should Worry Us.
55 years, 2 months ago

Facebook’s Face-ID Database Could Be the Biggest in the World. Yes, It Should Worry Us.

Slate  

Every day, Facebook users upload hundreds of millions of photos to the social network. The company’s research suggests that Facebook holds “the largest facial dataset to date”—powered by DeepFace, Facebook’s deep-learning facial recognition system. Unlike Amazon’s Rekognition, which is facial recognition software that scans existing databases provided by clients like law enforcement agencies, Facebook’s system doesn’t need an external trove …

Facebook has been targeting politicians to lobby against data privacy laws: Report
6 years ago

Facebook has been targeting politicians to lobby against data privacy laws: Report

Firstpost  

Social media giant, Facebook, has been trying to influence politicians across parts of the world into joining its lobbying campaign against data privacy laws. The internal documents revealed that Facebook’s secretive global lobbying operation was strategically laid out to tackle legislation which affected Facebook in any way, including data privacy — Europe’s GDPR legislation being a key area of focus. …

DC slaps Facebook with latest suit targeting privacy lapses
6 years, 3 months ago

DC slaps Facebook with latest suit targeting privacy lapses

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia has fired the latest legal salvo against Facebook with a lawsuit seeking to punish the social networking company for allowing data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data from as many as 87 million users. “We hope this lawsuit will ensure Facebook takes better care with its data.” Facebook said it’s reviewing the complaint …

Facebook patents eye-tracking technology, but has denied using it at the moment
6 years, 9 months ago

Facebook patents eye-tracking technology, but has denied using it at the moment

Firstpost  

Facebook says that currently it has no plans of implementing the technology, but when it does it will keep user privacy in mind. Facebook is bullish on eye-tracking technology tools that will let the social media giant detect users’ eye movement and emotions but has denied using it at the moment, the media reported. In a 229-page document addressed to …

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law
6 years, 10 months ago

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law

NPR  

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law Enlarge this image toggle caption JaysonPhotography/Dermalog Identification Systems GmbH via AP JaysonPhotography/Dermalog Identification Systems GmbH via AP The U.S. takes credit for creating the Internet, and the European Union seems determined to govern it. On Friday, a sweeping new directive goes into effect called the General Data Protection …

Facebook Faces Action In US Court On Alleged Privacy Violation By Face Recognition Feature
6 years, 11 months ago

Facebook Faces Action In US Court On Alleged Privacy Violation By Face Recognition Feature

Live Law  

A class action suit was filed against Facebook by a group of Facebook users in Illinois over usage of its facial recognition feature. This feature was introduced by Facebook in 2011 and allows it to scan pictures uploaded by users and suggest tagging of their friends.The lawsuit was filed in 2015 alleging violation of a 2008 Illinois law known as …

Facebook Faces Action In US Court On Alleged Privacy Violation By Face Recognition Feature
6 years, 11 months ago

Facebook Faces Action In US Court On Alleged Privacy Violation By Face Recognition Feature

Live Law  

A class action suit was filed against Facebook by a group of Facebook users in Illinois over usage of its facial recognition feature. This feature was introduced by Facebook in 2011 and allows it to scan pictures uploaded by users and suggest tagging of their friends.The lawsuit was filed in 2015 alleging violation of a 2008 Illinois law known as …

Facebook users could get up to $5,000 compensation for EVERY picture
6 years, 11 months ago

Facebook users could get up to $5,000 compensation for EVERY picture

Daily Mail  

Facebook will face a class action law suit in the wake of its privacy scandal, a US federal judge has ruled. Facebook believe that the lawsuit should be pursued by individual as the total amount of damages could 'amount to billions of dollars,' U.S. District Judge James Donato wrote in the ruling. Facebook believe that the lawsuit should be pursued …

Facebook facing class action over facial recognition software
6 years, 11 months ago

Facebook facing class action over facial recognition software

ABC  

A US federal judge has ruled that Facebook must face a class action lawsuit alleging that the social network unlawfully used a facial recognition process on photos without user permission. The ruling adds to the privacy woes mounting against Facebook over recent weeks, following disclosures that the personal information of millions of users was harvested by political consultancy firm Cambridge …

Facebook Faces Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Its Use Of Facial Recognition Data
6 years, 11 months ago

Facebook Faces Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Its Use Of Facial Recognition Data

NPR  

Facebook Faces Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Its Use Of Facial Recognition Data Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Wolf/AP Kevin Wolf/AP A federal judge in California has ruled that Facebook can be sued in a class-action lawsuit brought by users in Illinois who say the social network improperly used facial recognition technology on their uploaded photographs. Technology Facebook To Face …

Editorial: Facebook finally steps up on privacy. Now it’s Congress’s turn
6 years, 11 months ago

Editorial: Facebook finally steps up on privacy. Now it’s Congress’s turn

LA Times  

As bad as things looked for Facebook two weeks ago when the Cambridge Analytica scandal surfaced, things actually got worse this week. And while the Federal Trade Commission has broad authority to crack down on unfair and deceptive privacy practices, the court orders it has obtained against Facebook and other internet companies haven’t stopped the abuses. The rules, which will …

How to Turn Off Facebook's Face Recognition Features
55 years, 2 months ago

How to Turn Off Facebook's Face Recognition Features

Wired  

In recent days, more and more Facebook users started seeing a notification about how the social network uses its facial recognition technology. In December, though, the company announced that it would expand face recognition's scope to notify you when someone added a photo you were in, whether it was tagged or not. "You control face recognition," the message reads, popping …

Facebook's face recognition 'optional' tool is widely rolling out to users, but it raises a lot of privacy concerns
7 years, 1 month ago

Facebook's face recognition 'optional' tool is widely rolling out to users, but it raises a lot of privacy concerns

Firstpost  

However, not everything is great and rosy as Facebook claims as the company has not clarified about how long it will be an opt-in feature. Back in December last year, Facebook announced that it is rolling out new “optional” tool that will use its facial recognition prowess to protect user privacy. Facebook claims that this new feature will help reduce …

Facebook Expands Use Of Facial Recognition To ID Users In Photos
7 years, 3 months ago

Facebook Expands Use Of Facial Recognition To ID Users In Photos

NPR  

Facebook Expands Use Of Facial Recognition To ID Users In Photos toggle caption Facebook Facebook is expanding its use of facial recognition software to alert users when photos of them are posted on the platform — whether or not they are tagged in the photo. "We want people to feel confident when they post pictures of themselves on Facebook so …

Facebook risks EU-wide privacy fights after setback at top court
7 years, 5 months ago

Facebook risks EU-wide privacy fights after setback at top court

Live Mint  

Luxembourg: Facebook Inc. could be in the firing line of data privacy regulators across the European Union if the bloc’s top court follows the opinion of an adviser who said the social media giant may be policed by authorities in the country where users are based. Yves Bot, an advocate general of the EU Court of Justice, said Tuesday that …

Hackers Trick Facial-Recognition Logins With Photos From Facebook (What Else?)
8 years, 7 months ago

Hackers Trick Facial-Recognition Logins With Photos From Facebook (What Else?)

Wired  

Facial recognition makes sense as a method for your computer to recognize you. Earlier this month at the Usenix security conference, security and computer vision specialists from the University of North Carolina presented a system that uses digital 3-D facial models based on publicly available photos and displayed with mobile virtual reality technology to defeat facial recognition systems. Department of …

Facebook's Facial Recognition Software Is Different From The FBI's. Here's Why
8 years, 10 months ago

Facebook's Facial Recognition Software Is Different From The FBI's. Here's Why

NPR  

Facebook's Facial Recognition Software Is Different From The FBI's. Every time one of its 1.65 billion users uploads a photo to Facebook and tags someone, that person is helping the facial recognition algorithm. Compare that with the FBI's facial recognition technology, Next Generation Identification, which according to the FBI, identifies the correct person in the list of the top 50 …

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