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The ACLU and law firm Edelson PC on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Illinois state court to end the "unlawful, privacy-destroying surveillance activities" of Clearview AI, a U.S.-based facial recognition technology startup that has contracted with hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the country. "Companies like Clearview will end privacy…

For several years, a little-known start-up based in New York has been amassing a database of billions of our faceprints — unique biometric identifiers akin to a fingerprint or DNA profile — drawn from personal photos on our social media accounts and elsewhere online. The company has captured these faceprints…

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI for violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), alleging the company illegally collected and stored data on Illinois citizens without their knowledge or consent and then sold access to its technology to law enforcement and…

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Governments around the world are using surveillance technologies to monitor whether COVID-19 patients are complying with instructions to quarantine at home. These include GPS ankle shackles, phone apps that track location, and phone apps that require patients to periodically take quarantine selfies and send them to government monitors. All of…

May 16, 2020 | 5:47pm | Updated May 16, 2020 | 7:57pm It’s time for controversial facial-recognition software company Clearview AI to face its accusers. The Manhattan-based firm’s program “infringes the privacy and civil liberties of nearly everyone in the United States,” a 31-page class-action suit filed in Manhattan federal…

From RNZ Minister of Justice Andrew Little says police failed to get any of the necessary clearance before trialling controversial facial recognition software. It follows RNZ revelations that police tested American company Clearview AI's program without consulting their own bosses or the Privacy Commissioner. READ MORE:• NZ Police trialled facial…

Screenshot: Banjo The CEO of surveillance firm Banjo, one of the many firms pitching law enforcement agencies across the country on artificial intelligence and big data-backed predictive policing, is leaving the company after an April report outed him as a former neo-Nazi skinhead who was involved in a 1990 Ku…

Screenshot: BanjoThe CEO of surveillance firm Banjo, one of the many firms pitching law enforcement agencies across the country on artificial intelligence and big data-backed predictive policing, is leaving the company after an April report outed him as a former neo-Nazi skinhead who was involved in a 1990 Ku Klux…

Every day, your movement is tracked. Your purchases are logged, your searches saved. And increasingly, your face is scanned.Facial recognition technology is becoming more widespread daily, and governments are finding new applications in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Privacy International reports that 24 countries have already implemented location tracking to…