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One State Stands Out in Restricting Corporate Use of Biometrics: Illinois

ST. LOUIS — When night fell, a clerk at a bustling 24-hour MotoMart flipped a switch from behind the counter. Electromagnetic locks sealed the doorway. A window sign, now illuminated in red, warned “facial recognition technology in use” and directed …

Judge Approves $650 Million Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) –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. U.S. District Judge James Donato approved …

Facial Recognition Technology Used to Curb Crime

She was just another face in the crowd. But when Luz Maria Amezcua-Valencia applied for a Kansas driver’s license, it was her face, and the Kansas Department of Revenue’s facial recognition software, that did her in. That software sorted through …

New Facial Recognition Technology Promises to Cut Insurance Fraud

A new online facial recognition technology, Facebanx, has been developed that promises to dramatically reduce claims fraud. Facebanx, a division of OhHi, a successful video chat company, has developed software that asks policyholders to add their photo to their insurance …