Aaron Boyd reports: Legislation introduced this week would make it illegal for companies to export data generated by people living in the U.S. to certain countries where that data could pose a national security risk. Federal agencies already regulate the kinds of technologies and industrial data that can be sold abroad, but a new bill…
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Alabama family sues Athens, Limestone school officials over virtual schools scheme
Trisha Powell Crain reports: The family of an Alabama private school student filed a lawsuit against public school officials Tuesday, alleging their child’s right to privacy was violated when officials fraudulently enrolled the child in public school without their knowledge. The family hopes to make the case a class action and has asked the court…
Virginia to Ban Local Police from Using Facial Recognition
From EPIC.org: A bill passed in Virginia will ban local law-enforcement agencies from using facial recognition technology without prior legislative approval starting July 1, 2021. The bill further requires any local police agency eventually authorized to have “exclusive control” over the facial recognition system, preventing the use of Clearview AI and other commercial FR products. However, Virginia…
Cops Are Using Facial Recognition Technology More Than Previously Revealed
J. D. Tuccille writes: Clearview AI carved out a market niche for itself as a provider of facial recognition tools for law enforcement agencies that find the technology challenging to implement on their own. The company’s plug-and-play surveillance capability entices government users with free trial periods and a database of billions of faces scraped without permission…