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Megvii Files to List on China’s ‘Star Market’ Exchange

January 14, 2021

“The market’s aim is to foster the development of Chinese tech companies, allowing IPOs for companies in areas like AI, biotechnology, and clean energy.” Determined to go public, controversial China-based […]

LA Police Commission Approves Continued Use of Facial Recognition

January 14, 2021

The Los Angeles Police Commission has given the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) permission to continue to use facial recognition, though it did place some restrictions on the practice. The […]

Police Clearview Searches Went Up in Wake of Riots at Capitol Hill

January 11, 2021

Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That has confirmed that the use of his company’s controversial facial recognition platform skyrocketed on the day after last week’s violent pro-Trump riot in Washington, D.C. Law […]

Alibaba Disavows (but Acknowledges) Facial Recognition Platform with Ethnicity Tag

December 21, 2020

Alibaba is trying to distance itself from its own Alibaba Cloud division, and in particular from a controversial facial recognition program that is able to identify people based on their […]

Chinese City Suspends Biometric Toilet Paper Program

December 7, 2020

Dongguan city has suspended its use of facial recognition in public restrooms. The city had been using facial recognition to limit the amount of toilet paper that visitors could take […]

Academics Divided Over Ethics of Biometric Facial Recognition Research

November 23, 2020

Some members of the academic community are starting to question the dubious ethical foundations of facial recognition research. The critics are particularly concerned about the ways in which biometric data […]

Pay-for-Play Service Offers Unregulated Access to Moscow’s Biometric Facial Recognition System

November 13, 2020

An apparent pay-for-play service has raised serious concerns about the integrity of Moscow’s facial recognition system. The network was launched back in January, and is theoretically restricted to law enforcement […]

EFF Cites Illinois Biometric Privacy Law in Brief on Clearview-ACLU Lawsuit

November 6, 2020

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed an amicus brief in the case of the ACLU v. Clearview AI to contest Clearview’s claim that an injunction would violate the company’s […]

Face Biometrics Month: A High Profile Modality

November 5, 2020

Biometric technologies have been going through a process of mainstream adoption for several years now. Having once been considered the stuff of futuristic science fiction, things like fingerprint scanners are […]

Canadian Mall Operator Collected Biometric Information Without Consent: Privacy Commissioners

October 30, 2020

Federal and provincial privacy commissioners have determined that Cadillac Fairview collected the biometric information of 5 million Canadian shoppers without proper consent. Cadillac Fairview is a commercial real estate company […]

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