Law establishes national prohibition against nonconsensual online publication of intimate images of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated.
First federal law regulating AI-generated content....more
Since the start of the year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has brought actions against – and reached proposed settlements with – three business ventures engaged in the collection, use and sharing of certain consumer...more
New York has enacted a new law, effective February 9, 2021, regulating automatic renewal and some “free trial” type agreements. While some organizations may have already taken steps to be in compliance with industry...more
12/8/2020
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ROSCA ,
State Attorneys General ,
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We’ve previously blogged about the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) privacy multistakeholder process to address concerns associated with the emerging commercial use of facial recognition...more
6/24/2016
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Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
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Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Google ,
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Privacy Concerns ,
Shutterfly ,
Snapchat ,
Transparency
As we have previously noted, there are several ongoing privacy-related lawsuits alleging that facial recognition-based systems of photo tagging violate the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The photo storage...more
As discussed in a previous post on facial recognition technology, a putative class action has been filed against Facebook over the collection of “faceprints” for its online photo tagging function, Tag Suggestions. (See e.g.,...more
10/16/2015
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Consent ,
Data Collection ,
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Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Databases ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
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Photographs ,
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Shutterfly ,
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