Tech Companies Are Pushing Back Against Biometric Privacy Laws
▻https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-20/tech-companies-are-pushing-back-against-biometric-privacy-laws
They want your body. Privacy advocates cheered when Illinois passed its Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in 2008 regulating commercial use of finger, iris, and facial scans. With companies such as Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. developing facial tagging technology, it was clear that laws would be needed to ensure companies didn’t collect and use biometric data in ways that compromised an individual’s right to privacy. If you lose your credit card, it’s easily replaced. But what happens (...)
#Walmart #Google #Apple #Amazon #Facebook #biométrie #consentement #données #facial #législation #reconnaissance #iris #empreintes #lobbying #surveillance (...)
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