Rite Aid Banned from Facial Recognition Tech Use For 5 Years after Faulty Theft Targeting in Stores December 21, 2023 By Tom Murphy Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was...
Identity Check Contractor ID.me Fires Dozens on Fraud Team as Congress Probes April 27, 2022 By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. –– A major U.S. government contractor of identity verification technology that is under investigation by Congress has fired...
Facial Recognition Company Sued by California Activists March 11, 2021 ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Civil liberties activists are suing a company that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies...
Europe Mulls New Tougher Rules for Artificial Intelligence January 16, 2020 By Natalia Drozdiak The European Union is considering new legally binding requirements for developers of artificial intelligence in an effort to ensure modern...
Amazon’s Ring Fired Staff for Trying to Access Customer Data January 9, 2020 By Matt Day and Ben Brody Amazon.com Inc. said its Ring subsidiary fired at least four employees for improperly seeking access to customer data over the...
San Francisco May Ban Police, City Use of Facial Recognition May 14, 2019 By Matt O'Brien and Janie Har About the photo: This photo shows a security camera in the Financial District of San Francisco. San Francisco is on...
Microsoft Turned Down Facial-Recognition Sales on Human Rights Concerns April 17, 2019 By Joseph Menn PALO ALTO, California — Microsoft Corp recently rejected a California law enforcement agency’s request to install facial recognition technology in...
Nest Focuses on Adding Facial Recognition to Home Security Cameras June 1, 2017 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Nest Labs is adding Google’s facial recognition technology to a high-resolution home-security camera, offering a glimpse of a future in...
‘No Smile’ License Policy Has New Jersey Drivers Frowning August 7, 2015 By BILL ERVOLINO, The Record Smile and the world smiles with you – unless you’re having your driver’s license renewed. It’s been three years since...
Class Action Suits Question Who Owns Pics Posted on Social Media July 16, 2015 By RICH LORD, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Facebook’s handling of your headshot is now the subject of class action lawsuits that pose the question: When someone turns...