Facial recognition technology is everywhere. It may not be legal. – The Washington Post

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Facial recognition technology is everywhere. It may not be legal.

Privacy advocates and representatives from companies like Facebook and Google will meet in the District to try to set rules for how companies should use this powerful technology.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/06/11/facial-recognition-technology-is-everywhere-it-may-not-be-legal/

Anticipating the importance of this information, Texas passed a law in 2001 that restricts how commercial entities can collect, store, trade in and use biometric data. Illinois passed a similar law in 2008 called the Biometric Information Privacy Act, or BIPA. A year later, Texas followed up with another law to further regulate biometric data in commerce.