From the Information Commissioner’s Office: We have issued a reprimand to a school that broke the law when it introduced facial recognition technology (FRT). Chelmer Valley High School, in Chelmsford, Essex, first started using the technology in March 2023 to take cashless canteen payments from students. FRT processes biometric data to uniquely identify people and…
Tech giants say spyware victims should be able to sue NSO Group in US
Suzanne Smalley reports: Microsoft, Google and several other major tech firms on Monday filed a legal brief supporting an El Salvadoran journalist whose staff was targeted with powerful mobile spyware, arguing he should be allowed to sue the software developer in U.S. court. In March, a California federal judge dismissed the lawsuit brought by Carios Dada and…
Nigerian Regulator Fines Meta $220m For Data Privacy Violations
Adekunle Buruji reports: The Federal Government has fined the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta Platforms Inc., the sum of $220m for an unauthorised appropriation of personal data without user consent, discriminatory practices against Nigerian users, and the abuse of Meta’s dominant market position. A statement by the the Federal Competition and Consumer…
Opting out of facial recognition at airports
Because a lot of people are stuck at airports today due to a CrowdStrike glitch affecting software, this might be a good time to talk about opting out of facial recognition at airports. Ed Hasbrouck recently wrote: Next week the Algorithmic Justice League will be launching an awareness and sousveillance campaign focused on the use of facial recognition in…