The Federal Trade Commission today issued a warning that the increasing use of consumers’ biometric information and related technologies, including those powered by machine learning, raises significant consumer privacy and data security concerns and the potential for bias and discrimination. Biometric information refers to data that depict or describe physical, biological, or behavioral traits, characteristics,…
EDPB Adopts Guidelines on Facial Recognition in the Area of Law Enforcement
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 17, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted the final version of its Guidelines on facial recognition technologies in the area of law enforcement (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines address lawmakers at the EU and EU Member State level, and law enforcement authorities and their officers implementing and using facial recognition…
Health data and use of cookies: DOCTISSIMO fined €380,000
The CNIL fined DOCTISSIMO €380,000 because it failed to comply with obligations under the GDPR, in particular obtaining consent of individuals to the collection and use of their health data, and because it didn’t comply with the rules on cookies. Background information Following a complaint by the PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL association, the CNIL carried out four…
Decision by the Austrian SA against Clearview AI Infringements of Articles 5, 6, 9, 27 GDPR
Summary of the Decision Origin of the case Following a complaint the Austrian SA (DSB) issued a decision against the facial recognition company Clearview AI on the 10th of May 2023. The company reportedly owns a database including over 30 billion facial images from all over the world, which are extracted from public web sources (media…