On October 22, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission released a report entitled “Facing Facts: Best Practices for Common Uses of Facial Recognition Technologies.” The report focuses on privacy concerns associated with facial recognition technology, which is becoming increasingly ubiquitous across a variety of commercial applications ranging from search engines to video games to password authentication.
-
-
Privacy News- Betty Lin-Fisher: Credit freezes for city of Akron hack victims are recommended; it is a proactive move in general May 25, 2013There are many reasons why a credit freeze is the best tool that people worried about identity theft can use to protect themselves. This has never been more important than in the case of as many as 35,000 people in the area who could be victimized... […]
- It's rattlesnake season: Elderly man bitten, taken to hospital May 25, 2013An 84-year-old man was airlifted from a beach near Pacific Palisades so he could receive treatment for a rattlesnake bite Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The number of Los Angeles-area snakebites usually rises during the early summer months, when... […]
- Canada's chief electoral officer seeks crackdown on 'robocalls' May 25, 2013Marc Mayrand to appear before MPs on Tuesday with message that laws and codes of conduct during elections need to be tightened. Text size: Increase Decrease Reset Share via Email Print Report an Error Save to mystar CHRIS WATTIE / REUTERS... […]
- Parliament yet to bring laws in line with 2010 referendum May 25, 2013Polling staff open the ballot boxes and count the ballots for the constitutional referendum in Turkey on Sept. 12, 2010. In the referendum, Turkey approved a 26-article constitutional amendment package. (Photo: Sunday's Zaman, İsa Şimşek) 26 May 2013... […]
- 'One Finger Connects All' is symbol of discrimination May 25, 2013The China Post news staff On Thursday, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) unveiled a device for identifying foreign laborers with the touch of a finger. The apparatus, nicknamed “One Finger Connects All” (一指通) by the NIA, is able to call up the... […]
- Central Bank, Cert ink deal May 25, 2013The UAE Central Bank has signed a memorandum of association with the Computer Emergency Response Team, or Cert, of the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, or TRA, to boost data protection and security of its critical IT system. This is aimed at... […]
- Soldier's slaying prompts UK security review May 25, 2013TOPSHOTSA woman reacts as she looks at floral tributes left at the scene where Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion was killed outside Woolwich Barracks in London. Photo: AFP Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad... […]
- Euro-deputies diverge on data protection details May 25, 2013BRUSSELS - Euro-deputies are thrashing out the details on European data protection reform, with the latest debates split on provisions on "territorial scope." The European Commission wants the legislation to cover non-EU entities that process data of... […]
- 'Holder'ing the bag May 25, 2013WASHINGTON Attorney General Eric Holders fingerprints are all over an FBI warrant that authorized snooping on Fox News reporter James Rosen, the Justice Department confirmed yesterday. The FBI warrant that sought Rosens private e-mails as part of a leak... […]
- Betty Lin-Fisher: Credit freezes for city of Akron hack victims are recommended; it is a proactive move in general May 25, 2013