Archives for facial recognition laws

17 May

Can We Rely On Today’s Facial Recognition Technology To Be A Norm For The Future?

Due to the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, facial recognition technology turned out to be beneficial for authorities to fight against the spread of the virus. To maintain social distancing, businesses and government agencies are taking the help of facial recognition tools, replacing contact-based systems, for security purposes as well as to track infected patients. Many…

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01 Apr

Washington Governor Signed Landmark Facial Recognition Law

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee has recently signed landmark facial recognition legislation. This initiative is going to be the first US state law that ultimately limits the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement. On the contrary, the civil rights activists said the measure did not go far enough to protect marginalised groups. Facial recognition…

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04 Oct

Will Big Tech Become The New Policymakers As Amazon Plans To Write Its Own Facial Recognition Law

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Human attention or anxiety can be identified through extended gaze or pupil dilation. Shrewd salesmen learnt this trait over years of interaction and master the art of selling things the customer never knew they wanted.  Nowadays, this is done by a bunch of algorithms running in the background. They call it recommendation engines which are…

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