Facial recognition software maker Clearview AI has settled a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and will limit access to its face database in the U.S. to government agencies rather than a myriad of American companies, The New York Times reported Monday (May...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reversed its plans for mandatory facial recognition scans of Americans arriving and departing the country, TechCrunch reported on Thursday (Dec. 5). The DHS said in a government filing by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that it wanted to...
Lawmakers in Maine have proposed a law to stop internet service providers (ISPs) from selling private browsing data to advertisers, according to reports. The bill was passed unanimously by the state’s senate by a margin of 35 to zero, and state reps passed it earlier...
Facebook will stop allowing ad buyers to target by age, gender or ZIP code when offering credit, employment or housing, according to ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization based in New York. The agreement was part of a large settlement with civil rights organizations. Excluding people based...
January 18, 2023
The amount of money transfer data available to law enforcement is larger than previously reported. The database includes 150 million such transfers from the United States to other countries, is growing and is accessible to more than 600 agencies without a court order, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Jan. 18), citing internal records related to […]
May 09, 2022
Facial recognition software maker Clearview AI has settled a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and will limit access to its face database in the U.S. to government...
December 05, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reversed its plans for mandatory facial recognition scans of Americans arriving and departing the country, TechCrunch reported on Thursday (Dec. 5). The DHS...
May 31, 2019
Lawmakers in Maine have proposed a law to stop internet service providers (ISPs) from selling private browsing data to advertisers, according to reports. The bill was passed unanimously by the...
