About-Face: IBM to Exit and Oppose Facial Recognition Technology June 9, 2020 International Business Machines Corp. will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software, new Chief Executive Officer Arvind...
Stadiums May Test Fans’ Privacy Boundaries With Virus Prevention Technologies June 5, 2020 By Dave Campbell The metal detectors every sports fan has become accustomed to at the gate might soon be accompanied by thermal body...
Employment Liability Insurers See Plenty to Worry About, From Biometrics to Harassment February 19, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield After Back to the Future 2 was released in 1989, moviegoers could observe Marty McFly as he traveled to his...
Trump Administration Seeks to Limit ‘Overreach’ of Regulation of Artificial Intelligence January 8, 2020 By David Shepardson The White House on Tuesday proposed regulatory principles to govern the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) aimed at...
Microsoft Puts Israeli Facial Recognition Startup Under Ethics Microscope November 18, 2019 By Jeffrey Dastin Microsoft Corp. has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the use of facial recognition technology developed...
Juul Labs and WeWork Being Sued Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law November 12, 2019 By Peter Blumberg Juul Labs Inc. was sued for collecting biometric data from its online customers as a method of verifying they are...
Password Stolen; Create a New One. What If Your Retina Scan or Fingerprint Is Stolen? May 11, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield A retail store’s ability to authenticate customers by scanning their unique ear or retinal patterns may seem like something out...
Facebook, Google Amassing of ‘Faceprints’ Facing Legal Challenges October 26, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt Facebook Inc.’s software knows your face almost as well as your mother does. And like mom, it isn’t asking your...
Facebook’s Facial Recognition Software Draws Privacy Complaints, Lawsuit July 30, 2015 By Rachel Adams-Heard When you are identified in a picture on Facebook, biometric software remembers your face so it can be “tagged” in...