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One U.S. state stands out in restricting corporate use of biometrics: Illinois

Posted on September 16, 2021 by pogowasright.org

Michael Berens reports:

When night fell, a clerk at a bustling 24-hour MotoMart flipped a switch from behind the counter.

Electromagnetic locks sealed the doorway. A window sign, now illuminated in red, warned “facial recognition technology in use” and directed customers to “look up at the camera.”

[…]

Just a few miles away, across the Missouri state line in Illinois, such screening is against the law under the toughest privacy laws in the country.

Read more on Reuters.

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