Instagram is accused of illegally harvesting people’s biometric data without their knowledge or consent in a new class action lawsuit filed against Facebook, Instagram’s parent company. The lawsuit, Whalen v. Facebook, claims that Instagram has a face-tagging tool that uses facial recognition to identify people and create a “face template” that is stored in its… Continue reading Instagram Could Face Up to $500B in Fines in Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Illegally Harvested Biometric Data
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Facial Recognition Biz Clearview AI Suffers Data Breach
A controversial facial recognition company has just informed its customers of a data breach in which its entire client list was stolen. Clearview AI leapt to fame in January when a New York Times report claimed that the start-up had scraped up to three billion images from social media sites to add to its database.… Continue reading Facial Recognition Biz Clearview AI Suffers Data Breach